Using cat command in a for loop

sleepster · #1 (**permalink**) 09-12-2003

If I have a data file containing entries like-> abc abc:123

and I use a for loop:

for I in `cat data-file`
do
echo $I
done

the output would contain 2 lines -> abc.... and abc:123

but I want it to be on only one line. How can I do this?

thanks

oombera · #2 (**permalink**) 09-12-2003

Code:

while read I
do
 echo "$I"
done < data-file

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