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awk for loop

{ for (i=1;i<=8;i++) {print $i} }
# Examples 

# Print first 8 fields of each line of text file
awk '{ for (i=1;i<=8;i++) {printf $i" "} }' /path/to/text/file

# Print first 8 fields of each line of text file in reverse order
awk '{ for (i=8;i<=1;i--) {printf $i" "} }' /path/to/text/file

# Print all but the last two fields of each line of text file
awk '{ for (i=1;i<=(NF-2);i++) {printf $i" "} }' /path/to/text/file