Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2001 23:04:09 -0400 (EDT) From: <doug@safeport.com> To: Conrad Sabatier <conrads@home.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sh script question Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0110142248230.23659-100000@pemaquid.safeport.com> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.20011014201436.conrads@home.com>
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Like magic - thank you.
Do you know why it reads line-wise in this form?
On Sun, 14 Oct 2001, Conrad Sabatier wrote:
>
> On 15-Oct-2001 doug@safeport.com wrote:
> > for Line in `cat ${FILE:-$1}`; do
> > echo $Line
> > done
>
> I always use something like this:
>
> while read Line
> do
> echo $Line
> done < $FILE
>
> --
> Conrad Sabatier <conrads@home.com>
>
> Bare feet magnetize sharp metal objects so they point upward from the
> floor -- especially in the dark.
>
>
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