Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2020 08:02:41 +0530 From: Manish Jain <bourne.identity@hotmail.com> To: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com>, FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: sh scripting question Message-ID: <DB8PR06MB6442BCC6D778BC787D32F12DF6030@DB8PR06MB6442.eurprd06.prod.outlook.com> In-Reply-To: <24456.61612.942942.811357@jerusalem.litteratus.org> References: <24456.60388.135834.43951@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <DB8PR06MB64424A22725BA519978C0806F6030@DB8PR06MB6442.eurprd06.prod.outlook.com> <24456.61612.942942.811357@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
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On 2020-10-16 06:30, Robert Huff wrote: > > Hello: > >> Try : >> >> for FILE in "`cat files.list`" > > That's better ... but sets FILE to the entire content of > files.list. > I'm trying to pick off one line at a time for further processing. > (I feel like I've done this before - successfully - and for some > reason now it's not working. <Grrrrrr!>) Hi Huff, You have to set/reset IFS : oldifs="$IFS" IFS=$’\n’ for f in "`cat files.list`" \ #stuff done IFS="$oldifs" Regards, Manish Jain
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