diff --git a/var.sh b/var.sh
index c354e3c27a2c558df03131f3ce6153243d4b73f3..84fcca91cd251eb5e26d7b72b73bf090f031d2ae 100644
--- a/var.sh
+++ b/var.sh
@@ -7,5 +7,10 @@ do
 	echo hello $i
 done
 
+for file in ./*
+do
+	numLines=$(wc -l < $file)
+	echo the file $file contains $numLines lines of text
+done
 
 echo the value of the variable is $exampleVariable