Syntax for a single-line Bash infinite while loop

Question

I am having trouble coming up with the right combination of semicolons and/or braces. I\'d like to do this, but as a one-liner from the command line:

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Answer 1

You don't even need to use do and done. For infinite loops I find it more readable to use for with curly brackets. For example:

for ((;;)) { date ; sleep 1 ; }

This works in bash and zsh. Doesn't work in sh.