read the file line by line

kittusri9 · #1 (**permalink**) 04-24-2008

Hi All

Please help me , i have one big problem

I need to read this files line bye line
and print take it as arugument for another command
fileslist.txt
------------
112040108174516.txt
112040108174516.txt
112040108174516.txt
112040108174516.txt
112040108174516.txt
112040108174516.txt
112040108174516.txt

i want to print this list line by line my window.

Thanks in advance.

vgersh99 · #2 (**permalink**) 04-24-2008

Code:

#!/bin/ksh

while read line 
do
  myOtherCommand "${line}"
done < 'fileslist.txt'

namishtiwari · #3 (**permalink**) 04-24-2008

do a try for this---

cat filename | while read line
do
echo $line
done

thanks

kittusri9 · #4 (**permalink**) 04-24-2008

Hi All,

when iam running the script with if or while
it showing following erros

Please any one clarify this

my script is:
------------
cat fileList.txt | while read line
do
echo $line
done

output:
--------
searchGateway.sh: line 14: syntax error near unexpected token `done'
searchGateway.sh: line 14: `done'

if i use if conditions
it shows error like
searchGateway.sh: line 14: syntax error near unexpected token `fi`
searchGateway.sh: line 14: `fi'

Please help me
Thankyou guys
Krish

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