07-15-2008
You can cat the file and place the values in variables. See below....
[root@miux78 ~]# cat data.txt
taylor|Richard|41|new york|DSGi
riley|Richard|21|london|Halfords
Peterson|Nigel|34|Whitby|Jacksons
Wellard|FromEastenders|8|Eastendville|Eastenders
Smith|Jerry|44|chelmsford|none
[root@miux78 ~]# for X in `cat data.txt`
> do
> FNAME=`echo $X|awk -F\| '{ print $1 }'`
> LNAME=`echo $X|awk -F\| '{ print $2 }'`
> AGE=`echo $X|awk -F\| '{ print $3 }'`
> CITY=`echo $X|awk -F\| '{ print $4 }'`
> REGION=`echo $X|awk -F\| '{ print $5 }'`
> echo "Firstname = "$FNAME" Last name = "$LNAME" AGE = "$AGE" CITY = "$CITY" REGION = "$REGION
> done
Firstname = taylor Last name = Richard AGE = 41 CITY = new REGION =
Firstname = york Last name = DSGi AGE = CITY = REGION =
Firstname = riley Last name = Richard AGE = 21 CITY = london REGION = Halfords
Firstname = Peterson Last name = Nigel AGE = 34 CITY = Whitby REGION = Jacksons
Firstname = Wellard Last name = FromEastenders AGE = 8 CITY = Eastendville REGION = Eastenders
Firstname = Smith Last name = Jerry AGE = 44 CITY = chelmsford REGION = none
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datetimeimmutable.format
DATETIMEIMMUTABLE.FORMAT(3) 1 DATETIMEIMMUTABLE.FORMAT(3)
DateTime::format - Returns date formatted according to given format
Object oriented style
SYNOPSIS
public string DateTime::format (string $format)
DESCRIPTION
string DateTimeImmutable::format (string $format) string DateTimeInterface::format (string $format)
Procedural style
string date_format (DateTimeInterface $object, string $format)
Returns date formatted according to given format.
PARAMETERS
o $object
-Procedural style only: A DateTime object returned by date_create(3)
o $format
- Format accepted by date(3).
RETURN VALUES
Returns the formatted date string on success or FALSE on failure.
EXAMPLES
Example #1
DateTimeImmutable.format(3) example
Object oriented style
<?php
$date = new DateTime('2000-01-01');
echo $date->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');
?>
Procedural style
<?php
$date = date_create('2000-01-01');
echo date_format($date, 'Y-m-d H:i:s');
?>
The above example will output:
2000-01-01 00:00:00
NOTES
This method does not use locales. All output is in English.
SEE ALSO
date(3).
PHP Documentation Group DATETIMEIMMUTABLE.FORMAT(3)