Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2020 06:20:05 +0530 From: Manish Jain <bourne.identity@hotmail.com> To: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sh scripting question Message-ID: <DB8PR06MB64424A22725BA519978C0806F6030@DB8PR06MB6442.eurprd06.prod.outlook.com> In-Reply-To: <24456.60388.135834.43951@jerusalem.litteratus.org> References: <24456.60388.135834.43951@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
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Hi Robert,
Try :
for FILE in "`cat files.list`"
Good luck,
Manish Jain
On 2020-10-16 06:10, Robert Huff wrote:
>
> I have a file ("files.list") with a list of filenames, similar to
>
> /path A/path B/FreeBSD is great.txt
>
> (note the embedded spaces)
> If I use
>
> for FILE in `cat files.list`
>
> FILE will be set to "/path".
> How do I get it to read the entire string?
> Or am I using the wrong tool?
>
>
> Respectfully,
>
>
> Robert Huff
>
>
>
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