bash scripting read from file

cadj · 02-26-2004, 11:14 PM

i have a file in the following format

John
Bob
Mary

how can i read the file, the then get the lines into variables such as $bob $john.

jim mcnamara · 02-27-2004, 06:50 AM

Code:

while read name
do
          echo $name
done < mytextfile

rnturn · 02-29-2004, 10:42 PM

Well this works:

Code:

cat names.dat | while read NAME
do
    export ${NAME}=${NAME}
done

(It doesn't seem to work if you don't export the variable. Dunno why.)

Of course, just why you'd want shell variables named that way is a bit beyond me. :-)

Have fun,

Rick