Re: Quick Help...Shell script...

Try doing something like this: cat file | while read i do echo $i done -Kevin "Prasad Mahale" <gs0528@hotmail.com> on 08/23/2000 02:09:43 PM To: informix-list@iiug.org cc: (bcc: Kevin Dewsnup/AGInc) Subject: Quick Help...Shell script... Note: Some recipients have been dropped due to syntax errors. Please refer to the "$AdditionalHeaders" item for the complete headers. Hi All, Pl help me to complete this shell script.. I have a file - TABLE.OUT create table patient ( med_rec_num char(20) not null , last_name char(25) not null , first_name char(15), initial char(1), ... If i say - for i in `cat TABLE.OUT` do echo $i done It displays result as - create table patient ( ... I want variable i to hold one line at a time instead of one word. e.g. i="create table patient" I am expecting output like- create table patient ( med_rec_num char(20) not null , last_name char(25) not null , first_name char(15), ... I want to process each line further in shell. (not in awk!) Any trick? Thanks Prasad _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.