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+#!/bin/bash
+#Basic for loop
+for i in {1..10}
+do
+	echo hello $i
+done 
+
+#For loop for files 
+for file in ./*
+do
+	numLines=$(wc -l < $file)
+	echo The file $file contains $numLines lines of text
+done 
+