Re: 'for' builtin without 'in' doesn't use the positional parameter

[Paul Jarc]

djedi@altern.org wrote:
> $ cat > foo.sh <<EOF
>> for i
>> do
>> echo ">>>$i<<<"
>> done
>> EOF

$ cat foo.sh
for i
do
echo ">>><<<"
done
$ cat > foo.sh <<'EOT'
> for i
> do
> echo ">>>$i<<<"
> done
> EOT
$ bash foo.sh bar or not
>>>bar<<<
>>>or<<<
>>>not<<<


paul