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Old 10-24-2011
a simple for loop in bash and zsh
Hi! I am just starting to learn scripting.
I am trying a simple script in bash and zsh
I have two questions:

First: Why zsh does not expand the var M? What I am doing wrong?
Code:
localhost galanom # bash -c 'M="m1 m2 m3 m4 m5"; for x in $M; do echo "<$x>"; done'
<m1>
<m2>
<m3>
<m4>
<m5>
localhost galanom # zsh -c 'M="m1 m2 m3 m4 m5"; for x in $M; do echo "<$x>"; done'
<m1 m2 m3 m4 m5>
localhost galanom #

Second, if I use newlines or nothing after do statement, everything is ok. But if I use "do;" then:

Code:
localhost galanom # zsh -c 'M="m1 m2 m3 m4 m5"; for x in $M; do; echo "<$x>"; done'
<m1 m2 m3 m4 m5>
localhost galanom # bash -c 'M="m1 m2 m3 m4 m5"; for x in $M; do; echo "<$x>"; done'
bash: -c: line 0: syntax error near unexpected token `;'
bash: -c: line 0: `M="m1 m2 m3 m4 m5"; for x in $M; do; echo "<$x>"; done'
localhost galanom #

If anyone can help me, I would appreciate it!
Thank you!
# 2  
Old 10-25-2011
"Why zsh does not expand the var M? What I am doing wrong?"

Zsh supports word splitting but the option is not turned on by default.
Code:
zsh --shwordsplit -c 'M="m1 m2 m3 m4 m5"; for x in $M; do echo "<$x>"; done'

#or

zsh -yc 'M="m1 m2 m3 m4 m5"; for x in $M; do echo "<$x>"; done'

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