On 17 January 2012 19:03, Matthew Mosesohn <mmosesoh@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Sorry about that. I meant to say that using for line in $(cat file) is bad > because it might not split up into lines properly. > ________________________________ > From: "JD" <jd1008@xxxxxxxxx> > > To: "Community support for Fedora users" <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 3:34:37 PM > > Subject: Re: OT: bash script - unexpected exit > > On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 1:25 PM, Andre Speelmans <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: >> On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 8:55 PM, JD <jd1008@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> What exactly were you trying to accomplish using cat? >> >> I was not trying, the OP had a script that did a: >> cat file | while read line; do something done >> >> Matthew commented that you should not rely on cat for reading a file >> line by line and I was curious as to why not. The example Matthe gave: >> >> while read; do something; done < file >> >> would have been my preferred way, but I was curious as to whether >> there was a specific reason to not rely on cat. So far cat always gave >> me the contents of the file, after all, and as such seemed pretty >> reliable. >> >> >> -- >> Regards, >> >> André >> > > I see! Thanx for elucidating. > > The second method you state should be like this > > while read line; do > Something with "$line" > done < file > > Cheers, > > JD > -- Hello, friends! I have been busy lately preparing my PhD defending procedure. Thanks you all for your valuable tips. Appreciate it! -- Hiisi. Registered Linux User #487982. Be counted at: http://counter.li.org/ -- Spandex is a privilege, not a right. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
