For loop in Cygwin bash shell followed by “>”

Question

When I type the following command in a cygwin bash shell:

for i in $(ls) do echo $i done

I get a \">\" asking me to keep typing, as opposed

Answer 1

You need to separate your for, do and done statements.. Try this:

for i in $(ls); do echo $i; done

You can also separate the statements with newlines. For exmaple:

cygwin$ for i in $(ls)
> do
> echo $i
> done