Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2007 09:58:38 -0500 From: Eric Crist <mnslinky@gmail.com> To: "Heiko Wundram (Beenic)" <wundram@beenic.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: semi OT: sh scripting problem Message-ID: <41DEA020-0134-46DB-A6E1-B8D0881768FE@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200708011654.08611.wundram@beenic.net> References: <18096.39488.530454.883753@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <200708011654.08611.wundram@beenic.net>
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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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