bash_counter_with_array.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# Interpolation to {} is not possible in bash
# see https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/Shell-Expansions.html#Shell-Expansions 
# So using a counter and an array may come handy sometimes

MAX_COUNT=6
arr=()

while true; do
	((counter++))
	arr="$arr $counter"
  if [[ "$counter" -eq ${MAX_COUNT} ]]; then
	break
  fi
done

echo $arr

for e in $arr
  do
    echo $e
  done