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Vidar Holen edited this page Oct 4, 2015
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And companion warning "This parent loop has its index variable overridden."
for((i=0; i<10; i++))
do
for i in *
do
echo "$i"
done
done
for((i=0; i<10; i++))
do
for j in *
do
echo "$j"
done
done
When nesting loops, especially arithmetic for loops, using the same loop variable can cause unexpected results.
In the problematic code, i
will contain the last filename from the inner loop, which will be interpreted as a value in the next iteration out the outer loop. This results in either an infinite loop or a syntax error, depending on whether the last filename is a valid shell variable name.
In nested for-in loops, variable merely shadow each other and won't cause infinite loops or syntax errors, but reusing the variable name is rarely intentional.
None.