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Date:      Tue, 13 May 2008 10:05:15 -0500
From:      Erik Osterholm <freebsd-lists-erik@erikosterholm.org>
To:        Johan Dowdy <jdowdy@ncircle.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Unexepcted behavior from read and cat
Message-ID:  <20080513150515.GA71979@aleph.cepheid.org>
In-Reply-To: <C44DE718.994B3%jdowdy@ncircle.com>
References:  <C1DFB4E8F62B503C9A829107@utd65257.utdallas.edu> <C44DE718.994B3%jdowdy@ncircle.com>

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On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 12:22:48PM -0700, Johan Dowdy wrote:
> For loops are your friend.
>
> I'd do something like:
>
> for i in `cat iplist`
>  do dig +short -x $I
> done

Even better:
while read i
  do dig +short -x $i
done < iplist

See the Useless Use of Cat Award for more details.

Erik



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