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# 1  
Old 09-28-2006
how to read lines one by one from a file

I have one file in which some commands have written line line
i have to read lines from this file(file name passed as avariable)
and then i have to execute these commands..
how can i do it?
# 2  
Old 09-28-2006
You can do your own homework for starters.

Post the code you've written so far and then ask for help.
# 3  
Old 09-28-2006
i have written this script for create mqsc command which are stored in {Outfile}.now i have to run these commands.
iam passing two file in this function.

function CreateAlterFile {
#Eliminate Comments and blanklines
grep -vE "^[ ]*#|^ *$" ${1} |
while read CHAN TYPE
do
echo "STOP "${CHAN} >>${OUTFILE};
echo "ALTER "${CHAN}" "${TYPE} "CONNAME("${2}")" >> ${OUTFILE};
done;
}

Now after this i have to run commands stored in {outfile}
how can i do it
# 4  
Old 09-28-2006
eval "$line"

will execute the line.
# 5  
Old 09-28-2006
pls help me out

i tried that..but ihave to execute each line..
by using a loop
what iwas trying is
grep -vE "^[ ]*#|^ *$" ${1} | (${1} is the file name)
while read something (that idont know what to do to get full line)
do
echo "something" |runmqsc qmgr;
done;

pls help me out what shd i use for read full line from file
# 6  
Old 09-28-2006
Finally I got the answer myself
it is like this

while read line
do
(command) ${line}
done < filename
 
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