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# 1  
Old 03-16-2011
Help with reading and assigning variables

Hi Gurus,

I have a file named log with 2 lines
Each line is a file name. eg

Code:
$ cat log
monday
tuesday


I need to read log and assign each output(filename) to a different variable.
The following doesn't work:-

Code:
while read A B
do
echo " a is ${A} "
echo " b is ${B} "
done < log


Here's the output:-

Code:
a is monday
b is
a is tuesday
b is

What I want is to have the following :-

Code:
a is monday
b is tuesday

Any ideas?? I'm using ksh.

Thank you in advance.

Last edited by pludi; 03-16-2011 at 12:26 PM.. Reason: code tags, please
# 2  
Old 03-16-2011
Try this,
Code:
paste -s day.log | while read A B; do echo " a is ${A} "; echo " b is ${B} "; done

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# 3  
Old 03-16-2011
Code:
xargs <log | while read A B
do
echo " a is ${A} "
echo " b is ${B} "
done


Last edited by ctsgnb; 03-16-2011 at 01:14 PM..
# 4  
Old 03-16-2011
Thank you Pravin27

It works like magic!Smilie
# 5  
Old 03-16-2011
ctsgnb

This code doesn't work. It just hangs, with no output. I had to ctrl C out of it. I'm using Pravin27's example, it would be nice to know how the xargs works it out though.
# 6  
Old 03-16-2011
Oooops typo error, i forgot the redirection, code fixed, see my previous post (modif added in red)

---------- Post updated at 06:06 PM ---------- Previous update was at 05:16 PM ----------

Code:
xargs <log | while read A B
do
echo " a is ${A} "
echo " b is ${B} "
done

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# 7  
Old 03-17-2011
Hi ctsgnb

Great, it works now.... thanks!Smilie I now have two ways to run my script.
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