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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Retrieving random numbers out of a text file Post 302267548 by nistleloy on Friday 12th of December 2008 05:01:19 PM
Old 12-12-2008
Quote:
COUNT=0
for num in `cat tmpfile2`
do
COUNT=`expr $COUNT + 1`
eval r${COUNT}=$num
done
echo "$r1 $r2 $r3 $r4"
Thank you.

That's perfect for my script. I've been bashing my head for a week over this! I can get on with other things now.

Thanks for all replies

Cheers
 

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