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Old 11-09-2011
When reading a csv file, counter to read 20 lines and wait for minute then read next 20 till end

Hello All,
i am a newbie and need some help when reading a csv file in a bourne shell script. I want to read 10 lines, then wait for a minute and then do a reading of another 10 lines and so on in the same way. I want to do this till the end of file.


Any inputs are appreciated

Victor
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Old 11-09-2011
What have you tried so far? Is this homework?
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Old 11-09-2011
No its not, i have done subsequent scripting, except for this part..of reading 10 lines
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Old 11-09-2011
Ok, what about my other question, showing what you have tried so far? Use code tags please when posting code, data or logs, thanks.
 
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