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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Help regarding saving information within a script! Post 302214946 by merv333 on Tuesday 15th of July 2008 08:00:00 AM
Old 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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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
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