$ LIST="09/20/2008 1/1/2009 11/3/2008 06/06/2006 11/1/2008 11/1/2008 10/1/2008" $ for i in $LIST > do > booger -start_date $i > done We expect a start day and a day 6 days later than that! The start day is 09/20/2008 and the end day is 09/26/2008 We expect a start day and a day 6 days later than that! The start day is 01/01/2009 and the end day is 01/07/2009 We expect a start day and a day 6 days later than that! The start day is 11/03/2008 and the end day is 11/09/2008 We expect a start day and a day 6 days later than that! The start day is 06/06/2006 and the end day is 06/12/2006 We expect a start day and a day 6 days later than that! The start day is 11/01/2008 and the end day is 11/06/2008 We expect a start day and a day 6 days later than that! The start day is 11/01/2008 and the end day is 11/06/2008 We expect a start day and a day 6 days later than that! The start day is 10/01/2008 and the end day is 10/07/2008