read or search the item in a file sequentially by position using unix shell script? - UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

vino · #2 (**permalink**) 07-07-2006

What is the significance of

Code:

position:
12345678901234567890123 4

Try this.

Code:

[/tmp]$ cat in
1200120136420 1210324120 12145123
1200120136420 1210324120 22178210
[/tmp]$ cat try.ksh
#! /bin/ksh

typeset -L24 left
typeset -R1 right

while read line 
do
        left=$line
        right=$left
        echo $right
done < in
[/tmp]$ ./try.ksh
0
0
[/tmp]$