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diff --git a/bash.html.markdown b/bash.html.markdown
index 2056a9ea..061d35b0 100644
--- a/bash.html.markdown
+++ b/bash.html.markdown
@@ -140,6 +140,20 @@ do
echo "$VARIABLE"
done
+# They can also be used to act on files..
+# This will run the command 'cat' on file1 and file2
+for VARIABLE in file1 file2
+do
+ cat "$VARIABLE"
+done
+
+# ..or the output from a command
+# This will cat the output from ls.
+for OUTPUT in $(ls)
+do
+ cat "$OUTPUT"
+done
+
# while loop:
while [ true ]
do