(sorry if this got send to the list twice) Hi,
I have a file which as a list of varions itmes (example below) # /usr/food/fruits.txt banana medium yellow apple small red watermelon big green plum small red etc etc etc ... when I create the following loop ... for $fruit in `cat /usr/food/fruits.txt` && do echo $fruit some code with $fruit && some more code with $fruit && done it prints the list, but with each word on a seperate line (as followed) banana medium yellow apple etc etc etc ... my question is, how do I get it to print the list with each line as the variable $fruit, as opposed to $fruit being each word. Thanks it advanced for any help :^) Sunny Dubey