[SOLVED] read multiple line from file in bash

hoi · 04-18-2014, 01:32 PM

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