Here is a PERL way to do it:

#!/usr/bin/perl
open(FILE, "filename");
while($line = <FILE>)  #grabs one line at a time until you get to eof
{
  process line
  .
  .
  .
}
close(FILE);


Bryan Opfer


On Mon, 6 Apr 1998, Niclas Domack wrote: 

> A (probably) stupid question from a shell-programming newbie.. 
> 
> I have got a long list of usernames and passwords which I want to read
> and pass to the htpasswd command. I need a function which reads a line
> of a file, giving me a variable with the contents of that line, then
> moving on to the next line and so on, looping. I looked around, but the
> best I found was the 'read' command which I only get to read one line...
> I know there must be a way to do this, but I can't find it... help! 
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Niclas
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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