Method 1:
END=5 for i in $(seq 1 $END); do echo $i; done
Method 2:
let END=5 i=1 while ((i<=END)); do echo $i; let i++; done
Method 3:
END=5 for ((i=1;i<=END;i++)); do echo $i; done
Method 4:
END=5 for i in $(eval echo "{1..$END}"); do echo $i; done