execute lines from a file

[moonhead]

Dear All
if i had a file that contained a list of commands
example
ls -l
whoami

how can i extract each line and execute it then send the output of the command to a unique file
moonhead

 

[KenCunningham]

for line in `cat file`
do
$line > $line.output
done

Cheers.

 

[bigoldbulldog]

don't forget eval and UUOC to actually perform the command(s).

while read line; do
eval $line > $line.output
done < file Cheers,
ND

bigoldbulldog@hotmail.com

 

[KenCunningham]

Good point, Bigoldbulldog. My excuse is it's a Friday! Have a good weekend!

 

[jamisar]

simply: sh filename
or chmod 755 filename; filename -----------
when they don't ask you anymore, where they are come from, and they don't tell you anymore, where they go ... you'r getting older !