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Date:      Wed, 17 Apr 2002 21:34:00 -0500
From:      Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com>
To:        Michael E Mercer <mmercer@nc.rr.com>
Cc:        Taylor Dondich <thexder@lvcm.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: More of a scripting question I guess.
Message-ID:  <20020418023400.GJ72244@dan.emsphone.com>
In-Reply-To: <3CBE2F51.41E19E8A@nc.rr.com>
References:  <000901c1e678$bc14fa80$6600a8c0@penguin> <20020418015926.GI72244@dan.emsphone.com> <3CBE2F51.41E19E8A@nc.rr.com>

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In the last episode (Apr 17), Michael E Mercer said:
> another way to do it is this with the same outcome:
> 
> while read address ; do
>   somecommand $address
> done < file.txt

But that puts the input file at the end of the command, which makes it
harder to see where the input is coming from, especially if you have a
lot of stuff in your loop.

-- 
	Dan Nelson
	dnelson@allantgroup.com

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