04-12-2009
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Originally Posted by
sauron
Hi,
doing it your way gives you errors?
I'm not sure i understood the problem, can you explain what happens if you use that while cicle?
I think it should work correctly
bye
here is my problem, all my spaces are being ate up by echo or print,
Input line:
My(5 spaces)name(5 spaces)is(5 spaces)David.(5 spaces)Working(5 spaces)on(5 spaces)shell(5 spaces)scripting(5 spaces)now.
Output line:
My(1 space)name(1 space)is(1 space)David.(1 space)Working(1 space)on(1 space)Shell(1 space)scripting(1 space)now.
i think it explains my problem now..
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line(1) General Commands Manual line(1)
NAME
line - Reads one line from standard input
SYNOPSIS
line
STANDARDS
Interfaces documented on this reference page conform to industry standards as follows:
line: XCU5.0
Refer to the standards(5) reference page for more information about industry standards and associated tags.
OPTIONS
None
DESCRIPTION
The line command copies one line, up to and including a newline, from standard input and writes it to standard output. Use this command
within a shell command file to read from your terminal. The line command always writes at least a newline character.
NOTES
The line utility has no internationalization features and is marked LEGACY in XCU Issue 5. Use the read utility instead.
EXIT STATUS
Success. End-of-File.
EXAMPLES
To read a line from the keyboard and append it to a file, enter: echo 'Enter comments for the log:' echo ': c' line >>log
This shell procedure displays the message: Enter comments for the log:
It then reads a line of text from the keyboard and adds it to the end of the file log. The echo ': c' command displays a : (colon)
prompt. See the echo command for information about the c escape sequence.
SEE ALSO
Commands: echo(1), ksh(1), read(1), Bourne shell sh(1b), POSIX shell sh(1p)
Functions: read(2)
Standards: standards(5)
line(1)