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Old 12-13-2001
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sed 's/^/display text (/;s/$/)/' < xxxxxx.txt
would probably be the easiest. But if you're intent on using a shell...
Code:
#! /usr/bin/ksh
exec < xxxxxx.txt
while read line ; do
      echo 'display text ('${line}')'
done
exit 0