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[johny2K]

i want to read a file, line-by-line, print/echo each line until it figure out it is the end of the row & exit.

cheers!

 

[Salem]

You'll have to explain what "until it figure out it is the end of the row" means.

A line - by definition - contains the end of a row, so reading line by line doesn't mean a great deal.



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[johny2K]

sorry, i mean - after the very last "line" inside the file.

 

[johny2K]

last row - to be exact..

 

[PHV]

Something like this ?
while read buf
do echo "$buf"
done</path/to/inputfile

Hope This Help, PH.
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[stefanwagner]

Why don't don't just use:

cat FILE

?

 

[fredericofonseca]

Cat file" will not deal well with spaces if you wish to process line by line

Read will read a full line
"This is a line"
and you can use it as a single variable,
but if you use cat it will be 4 variables.

And i assume that the issue here is not just to echo each line, but to do something with it.


Regards

Frederico Fonseca
SysSoft Integrated Ltd

http://www.syssoft-int.com

 

[johny2K]

thanks PHV... it really works!

 

[johny2K]

you are right frederico... i want to manipulate each line that's being spitted ...