i=0 word="hello" //read -p "Please enter a word to spell: " word for ((i=1;i<=${#word};i++)) do echo "Letter $i" . "$word | cut -c$i"; done
Standard input is empty
Letter 1 . hello | cut -c1 Letter 2 . hello | cut -c2 Letter 3 . hello | cut -c3 Letter 4 . hello | cut -c4 Letter 5 . hello | cut -c5