#! /bin/bash for i in 1 2 3 4 5 do echo $i done echo ----------------------------- echo ${BASH_VERSION} for i in {1..5} #range #supported in more than 3.0 version of bash do echo $i done echo ----------------------------- echo ${BASH_VERSION} for i in {0..10..2} #start..range..increment #supported in more than 4.0 version of bash do echo $i done echo ----------------------------- for (( i=0; i<5; i++ )) do echo -e "$i\c" #printing on the same line done echo