Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2007 16:00:45 +0100 From: Tom Evans <tevans.uk@googlemail.com> To: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: semi OT: sh scripting problem Message-ID: <1185980445.1444.17.camel@localhost> In-Reply-To: <18096.39488.530454.883753@jerusalem.litteratus.org> References: <18096.39488.530454.883753@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
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On Wed, 2007-08-01 at 10:35 -0400, Robert Huff wrote:
> (This is probably a FAQ, and I'll take a pointer (or even the
> magic words to identify the problem) instead of an answer.)
> Let's suppose I have a file FILE, with contents:
>=20
> foo
> bar grill
> baz
>=20
> If I do "cat FILE", everything comes out fine.
> If, however, I write a script:
>=20
>=20
> #!/bin/sh
>=20
> for i in `cat FILE`
cat FILE | while read i
> do
> .
> .
> .
> .
> done
>=20
> $i is set to
>=20
> foo
> bar
> grill
> baz
>=20
> Is there a way within the script - or, failing that, by
> modifying FILE - to not break at the whitespace?
>=20
>=20
> Robert Huff
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