John Doe`s script is a good start, even though it will work for single words space separated. The LINE Variable only passes the Arguments as single words to ($1 and $2 respectively). I will also work on something for you too...
On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 10:34 AM, John Doe <jdmls@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: chloe K <chloekcy2000@xxxxxxxx>
> I have a file. list.txt (two columns)
>
> column1 column2
> name address
>
> I need to put in the letter file letter.txt eg:
>
> Dear: Chloe
> Address: CA
>
> Can I use this
>
> for i `cat list.txt` | sed 's/Chloe/$i.1; /CA/$i.2/g' $i.letter.txt
For single words space separated:
cat list.txt | while read LINE
do
set $LINE
printf "Dear: %s\nAddress: %s\n" $1 $2 >> $1.letter.txt
done
JD
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