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<h1> The <tt>forx</tt> program </h1>
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<tt>forx</tt> runs a loop.
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<h2> Interface </h2>
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forx [ -p | -x <em>breakcodes</em> ] <em>variable</em> { <em>args...</em> } <em>loop...</em>
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<li> <tt>forx</tt> reads a
<a href="el_semicolon.html">block</a> and unquotes it.
That block contains a list of <em>args</em>. </li>
<li> For each argument <em>x</em> in <em>args...</em>,
<tt>forx</tt> runs <em>loop</em> as a child process, with
<em>variable</em>=<em>x</em> added to its environment. </li>
<li> <tt>forx</tt> then exits 0. </li>
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<h2> Options </h2>
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<li> <tt>-p</tt> : run in parallel. Do not wait for an instance of
<em>loop...</em> to exit before spawning the next one. <tt>forx</tt>
will still wait for all instances of <em>loop</em> to terminate before
exiting, though. </li>
<li> <tt>-x</tt> <em>breakcodes</em> : <em>breakcodes</em> must
be a comma-separated list of exit codes. If the <tt>-p</tt> flag
hasn't been given and <em>loop</em> exits with one of the codes in <em>breakcodes</em>,
forx will not run the following instances of the loop, but exit immediately with the
same exit code. </li>
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<h2> Notes </h2>
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<li> You can start <em>loop</em> with "import -u <em>variable</em>"
if you want variable substitution. </li>
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