08-26-2008
how can i read text file and assign its values to variables using shell
Hello,
I have a cat.dat file, i would like shell to read each 3 lines and set this 3 lines to 3 different variables.
my cat.dat is:
11
12
+380486461001
12
13
+380486461002
13
14
+380486461003
i want shell to make a loop and assign 1st line to student_id, 2nd line to studentaccount and 3th line to studentinfo, and continuining on this way for each 3 lines respectively.
I wrote this code, but i am not able to assign this 3 variables
#!/bin/bash
a=0
while read line
do a=$(($a+1));
echo q=$line;
done < "cad.dat"
echo "Final line count is: $a";
I really appreciate any help, thank you in advance .
Last edited by rosalinda; 08-26-2008 at 06:03 AM..
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od - dump files in octal and other formats
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od [OPTION]... [FILE]...
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Write an unambiguous representation, octal bytes by default, of FILE to standard output. With more than one FILE argument, concatenate
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skip BYTES input bytes first
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output strings of at least BYTES graphic chars
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select output format or formats
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For older syntax (second call format), OFFSET means -j OFFSET. LABEL is the pseudo-address at first byte printed, incremented when dump is
progressing. For OFFSET and LABEL, a 0x or 0X prefix indicates hexadecimal, suffixes may be . for octal and b for multiply by 512.
TYPE is made up of one or more of these specifications:
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c ASCII character or backslash escape
d[SIZE]
signed decimal, SIZE bytes per integer
f[SIZE]
floating point, SIZE bytes per integer
o[SIZE]
octal, SIZE bytes per integer
u[SIZE]
unsigned decimal, SIZE bytes per integer
x[SIZE]
hexadecimal, SIZE bytes per integer
SIZE is a number. For TYPE in doux, SIZE may also be C for sizeof(char), S for sizeof(short), I for sizeof(int) or L for sizeof(long). If
TYPE is f, SIZE may also be F for sizeof(float), D for sizeof(double) or L for sizeof(long double).
RADIX is d for decimal, o for octal, x for hexadecimal or n for none. BYTES is hexadecimal with 0x or 0X prefix, it is multiplied by 512
with b suffix, by 1024 with k and by 1048576 with m. Adding a z suffix to any type adds a display of printable characters to the end of
each line of output. --string without a number implies 3. --width without a number implies 32. By default, od uses -A o -t d2 -w 16.
AUTHOR
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SEE ALSO
The full documentation for od is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and od programs are properly installed at your site, the com-
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info od
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od (coreutils) 4.5.3 February 2003 OD(1)