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Escape space in for loop
I have a file with the following contents Code:
[root@rf4003 scripts]# more hello.txt man hello man whereru The shell script i have tries to echo the contents of the file hello.txt Code:
for i in `cat hello.txt`
do
echo $i
done
but the output i am getting is taking the space as a new line.. Code:
[root@rf4003 scripts]# ./hello.sh man hello man whereru Can anybody help me to echo the contents of the file as it should be? |
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The use of cat is redundant (UUC), use a while loop and quote the variables: Code:
while read i do echo "$i" done < hello.txt |
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As mentioned, the use of cat is redundant and cost an extra process. Have a read of Useless Use of Cat Award.
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