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From: "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell
Subject: Re: create variables in a loop?
Date: Wed, 29 May 2024 07:48:41 -0400
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On Wed, 29 May 2024 06:57:06 -0400, Dr Eberhard W Lisse <nospam@lisse.na> wrote:
> Hi,
> I would like to do something like
> 	for i in USD GBP
> 	do
> 		$i=somevalue
> 	done
> does not work, of course.
> Any idea on how to create (and fill variables through a loop)?
> greetings, el

There are many tutorials for getting started with shell scripting available,
such as https://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/index.html which has a "for/in loop"
example at https://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/loops1.html

Which shell will you be working in?

Regards, Dave Hodgins