#!/bin/bash # placing a for loop inside a while loop var1=5 while [ $var1 -ge 0 ] do echo "Outer loop: $var1" for (( var2=1; $var2 < 3; var2++)) do var3=$[ $var1*$var2] echo "Inner loop: $var1 * $var2 = $var3" done var1=$[ $var1 - 1 ] done