while

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While Commands

While command syntax with verified terminal examples.

Commands

3 commands for While

while Operations

While Command: Execute Command Forever Once Every Second

while :; do <command>; sleep 1; done

while Operations

While Command: Execute Command Until Failure

while <command>; do :; done

while Operations

While Command: Read Stdin Perform Action Every Line

while read line; do <echo "$line">; done

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Coverage: Focused examples for common While workflows.

Verified version: current stable LTS.

Verification: Test commands in a disposable workspace and submit notes for edge cases.