assign lines to variable from file 1

[kasparov]

If I do this:

for line in `cat file`
do
echo $line
done

I don't get a line in each iteration but a string (white space separated) - can someone tell me how to get a line in each iteration?

I know I've seen it here once before (I think it involved while ... do) but the search is still out.

Thanks, Chris

 

[olded]

Chris:

while read line
do
echo $line
done < file

 

[kasparov]

Thanks Ed