Loops..

[AdamCoombs]

Hello,

Im trying to run this script,

#!/bin/ksh
OUTPUTFILE=`cat names.adam1`
for lines in $OUTPUTFILE
do
echo $lines
grep $lines bla bla bla
done

The OUTPUTFILE is a list of names.
Adam Coombs
Dave Jones
Gary Doe

that sort of thing..
but the output of $lines is supposed to be the entire line of the outputfile, ie: "Adam Coombs" but its comming out
Adam
Coombs
Dave Jones
Gary
Doe

how do i get it to do

Adam Coombs
Dave Jones
Gary Doe
????????

I have tried all the "`' with no joy!!!

many thanks
Adam

 

[KenCunningham]

Adam, try putting double-quotes (&quot around your $lines variable when echoing it. HTH.

 

[AdamCoombs]

Tried that one...unfortunatly is not that simple!!
thanks for your help though...
SCRIPT
-------------------------------
#!/bin/ksh
set -x
#cat names1 | awk '{print $1,$2}' > names.adam

OTHERFILE='mail1'
OUTPUTFILE=`cat names.adam1`
for lines in $OUTPUTFILE
do
echo "$lines"

done
-----------------------------------
OUTPUT (debugged with set -x)

+ OTHERFILE=mail1
+ + cat names.adam1
OUTPUTFILE=Adam Coombs
John Doe
Paul Smith
Jim Jones
Barry Walk
+ echo Adam
Adam
+ echo Coombs
Coombs
+ echo John
John
+ echo Doe
Doe
+ echo Paul
Paul
+ echo Smith
Smith
+ echo Jim
Jim
+ echo Jones
Jones
+ echo Barry
Barry
+ echo Walk
Walk

 

[rdbx]

For the "for comand" the separator is blank
you can try to use the read comand like this

exec 3</pathname/filename
while read -u3 lines
do
echo $lines

grep &quot;$lines&quot; bla bla bla ( don't forget double quotes )
done

 

[KenCunningham]

Adam, found this previously posted by aigles (Jean Pierre). Seems to do the trick:

nCounter=1
while read newRecord
do
echo &quot;$newRecord&quot;
nCounter=`expr $nCounter + 1`
done < outputfile

Hope this helps.

 

[AdamCoombs]

Sorted, thats done the trick...
thanks for you help all....