This bash script performs the following actions: 1. **Shebang (`#!/bin/bash`)**: Specifies...

August 27, 2025 at 04:17 PM

#!/bin/bash i=1 while [ $i -lt 1000000 ] ; do echo "$i " ; ((i++)) sleep 6666660 done

This bash script performs the following actions:

  1. Shebang (#!/bin/bash): Specifies that the script is to be executed with the /bin/bash shell.

  2. Initialization (i=1): Initializes a variable i with the value 1.

  3. Loop (while [ $i -lt 1000000 ]): Enters a while loop that continues as long as the value of i is less than 1,000,000.

  4. Inside the loop:

    • Print (echo "$i "): Prints the current value of i followed by a space to the terminal.
    • Increment (((i++))): Increments the value of i by 1.
    • Sleep (sleep 6666660): Pauses the execution of the script for 6,666,660 seconds (approximately 77 days).
  5. Repeat: The loop repeats indefinitely until i reaches 1,000,000.

Summary:

The script will incrementally print numbers from 1 to 999,999, one at a time. However, between printing each number, the script will pause for an extremely long time (6,666,660 seconds or ~77 days). As a result, this script would take a massive amount of time to complete due to the excessive delays caused by the sleep command.

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