shellfor.md

Why does the shell script always break down when running for statement Back

• When running for statement in Ubuntu, you'll always find the command line will print out something as follow:

Syntax error: Bad for loop variable

• The reason is that Ubuntu has used dash shell instead of bash shell since Ubuntu 6.10, because it's lighter.
• Solution: just set back to bash:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure dash
# choose no