Read File line by line with Shell Script (bash)
entro | March 28, 2007I realize this is a very basic issue, but when searching online I found a dearth of information regarding reading a text file line by line using a shell script. So below I have included the basic code you need.
#!/bin/bash#### skeleton code for reading a file line by line## fill variable "thefile" with the name and path of the file you want to read line by linethefile=/home/var/nameoffileyouwanttoprocess## the loop below pipes the output of the file into a variable ($line) line by linecat $thefile | while read linedoecho $line #placeholder command to make sure everything is groovydone |
Hopefully this helps some people!
thanks for the code dude.
shell scripts rock!
You’re my hero! After two hours of banging my head against the wall, I stumbled across your solution, and it works! Every other solution I tried kept going word-by-word.
thx
Simple script. It works! Thanks.
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Absolutely helpful!!!! Thank you SOOOOO much! Simply brilliant!
Thanks! Exactly what I was looking for!
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Wow… I feel like an idiot. Was trying to get something JUST LIKE THIS and I couldn’t because my edumacashun is fail. This helped me tremendously.
Thanks a lot , you saved me man
I was looking for this code with explaination from a long time. Thanks. Really helpful.