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hoi 04-18-2014 01:32 PM
read multiple line from file in bash
 
Content of myfile.txt:
1 1 1 1
1 1 2 2

code:
read a b c d < myfile.txt
echo $a
echo $b
echo $c
echo $d

output:
1
1
1
1

How to read many line from file one by one??

hoi 04-18-2014 01:40 PM
got answer..
cat file | while read a b c d
do
echo $a
echo $b
echo $c
echo $d
done

grail 04-19-2014 01:16 AM
Try doing the following after the loop:
Code:
echo $a
See if you get what you think you should?

kooru 04-19-2014 01:28 AM
Code:
while read line
do
echo $line
done < file


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