is a bash script right for this?

Joe2003 · 04-18-2008, 09:24 AM

Hey

I have writen some code that im using to test a uni project. Its just abit of C that accepts some parameters, the parameters are the test data, eg

Code:

./TestProgram test data here

My code works fine, I know want to add a level of repeatability to the application without modifying the code. I have a file, on each line is a new set of parameters

Code:

test data 1
test data 2
test data 3

is there a method in batch scripting to envoke a system call based on each line of a text file, therefore in my exaple, the following commands would be called:-

Code:

./TestProgram test data 1
./TestProgram test data 2
./TestProgram test data 3

theNbomr · 04-18-2008, 11:13 AM

Sure thing. Something like this should do it

Code:

while read record
do
 ./TestProgram $record
done < YourFileWithTestData

This reads the test data file, line-at-a-time style, into the variable $record, and uses $record as the argument to TestProgram, looping once for each record in the data file.
--- rod.