Re: semi OT: sh scripting problem

[Eric Crist]

On Aug 1, 2007, at 9:54 AMAug 1, 2007, Heiko Wundram (Beenic) wrote:
Am Mittwoch 01 August 2007 16:35:44 schrieb Robert Huff:
        Is there a way within the script - or, failing that, by
modifying FILE - to not break at the whitespace?

If you're using bash, set IFS to the newline only before looping. I  
guess the
tcsh also has a similar setting, but I wouldn't know where to look.

---
IFS="
"

for i in `cat file`
do
        ...
done


This also works for sh.  To the OP, simply add the lines above your  
for listed above to your script, and it should work.  No bash required.

Eric Crist
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