on Sat, Oct 27, 2001 at 06:10:35PM -0400, Sunny Dubey ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > (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.
Try 'read' instead. man bash for more info.
cat /usr/food/fruits.txt |
while read fruit
do
echo $fruit
done
Peace.
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