Sunday, January 30, 2022

[SOLVED] Running multiple loop at once in bash script

Issue

Below is the script that I am running

#!/bin/bash

region=('us-east-1' 'eu-central-1')
env=('prod' 'stage')


for region in "${region[@]}"
do
        for env in "${env[@]}"
        do
                echo "$region"
                echo "$env"
        done
done

The output that I am getting is

us-east-1
prod
us-east-1
stage
eu-central-1
stage
eu-central-1
stage

But my expectation was to get

us-east-1
prod
us-east-1
stage
eu-central-1
prod
eu-central-1
stage

The script should run for both env conditions, but its running only once for prod and thrice for stage. Where am I going wrong here, any pointers or advice would be appreciated


Solution

You need to use a different variable for the loop than the initial array. Otherwise you are overwriting the array during the first iteration.

Here I'm using different variables for the array and the loop variable:

#!/bin/bash

regions=('us-east-1' 'eu-central-1')
envs=('prod' 'stage')
    
for region in "${regions[@]}"
do
    for env in "${envs[@]}"
    do
        echo "$region"
        echo "$env"
    done
done

Output:

us-east-1
prod
us-east-1
stage
eu-central-1
prod
eu-central-1
stage

PS: Another option would be to use a string of multiple words and have bash iterating over that:

for a in foo bar
do
    for b in baz qux
    do
        echo "${a}"
        echo "${b}"
    done
done


Answered By - hek2mgl
Answer Checked By - David Goodson (WPSolving Volunteer)
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