Loops over the files in c:\.

    <foreach item="File" in="c:\" property="filename">
    <echo message="${filename}" />
</foreach>

Loops over all files in the project directory.

    <foreach item="File" property="filename">
    <in>
        <items>
            <include name="**" />
        </items>
    </in>
    <do>
        <echo message="${filename}" />
    </do>
</foreach>

Loops over the folders in c:\.

    <foreach item="Folder" in="c:\" property="foldername">
    <echo message="${foldername}" />
</foreach>

Loops over all folders in the project directory.

    <foreach item="Folder" property="foldername">
    <in>
        <items>
            <include name="**" />
        </items>
    </in>
    <do>
        <echo message="${foldername}" />
    </do>
</foreach>

Loops over a list.

    <foreach item="String" in="1 2,3" delim=" ," property="count">
    <echo message="${count}" />
</foreach>

Loops over lines in the file properties.csv, where each line is of the format name,value.

    <foreach item="Line" in="properties.csv" delim="," property="x,y">
    <echo message="Read pair ${x}=${y}" />
</foreach>

Can loop over files in directory, lines in a file, etc.

The property value is stored before the loop is done, and restored when the loop is finished.

The property is returned to its normal value once it is used. Read-only parameters cannot be overridden in this loop.