#!/bin/bash
# Listing the planets.
for planet in Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto
do
echo $planet # Each planet on a separate line.
done
echo; echo
for planet in "Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto"
# All planets on same line.
# Entire 'list' enclosed in quotes creates a single variable.
# Why? Whitespace incorporated into the variable.
do
echo $planet
done
echo; echo "Whoops! Pluto is no longer a planet!"
exit 0
[root@localhost shell]# ./ex22.sh
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Pluto
Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto
Whoops! Pluto is no longer a planet!