Been using linux for 10 months now and finally figured how to write looping statements in terminal itself instead of writing a script for that .. Life just became simpler..

@hausen when I learnt to shorten ls-l to ll. I was such a happy camper

Lol ! doesnt ll alias already exist in Ubuntu by default ? @hausen I knew how aliases and functions worked .. and also i knew how to write a bash script with loops . I just didnt figure out how to write loops in interactive shell . i have been using semicolons at the wrong places all the time i tried !

Read the advanced bash scripting guide you could save years by doing so.