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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting variable intialization Post 302366252 by Franklin52 on Thursday 29th of October 2009 06:22:28 AM
Old 10-29-2009
The while loop is more efficient then the for loop with cat (UUC) and it prevents problems with spaces:

Code:
c=1
while read i
do
  a[$c]="$i"
  echo ${a[$c]}
  c=$(( $c + 1 ))
done < file_name.txt

 

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CFTP(1) 						    BSD General Commands Manual 						   CFTP(1)

NAME

     cftp -- Conch command-line SFTP client

SYNOPSIS

     cftp [-B buffer_size] [-b command_file] [-R num_requests] [-s subsystem]

DESCRIPTION

     is a client for logging into a remote machine and executing commands to send and receive file information. It can wrap a number of file
     transfer subsystems

     The options are as follows:

     -B      Specifies the default size of the buffer to use for sending and receiving. (Default value: 32768 bytes.)

     -b      File to read commands from, '-' for stdin. (Default value: interactive/stdin.)

     -R      Number of requests to make before waiting for a reply.

     -s      Subsystem/server program to connect to.

     The following commands are recognised by :

     cd path
	     Change the remote directory to 'path'.

     chgrp gid path
	     Change the gid of 'path' to 'gid'.

     chmod mode path
	     Change mode of 'path' to 'mode'.

     chown uid path
	     Change uid of 'path' to 'uid'.

     exit    Disconnect from the server.

     get remote-path [local-path]
	     Get remote file and optionally store it at specified local path.

     help    Get a list of available commands.

     lcd path
	     Change local directory to 'path'.

     lls [ls-options [path]]
	     Display local directory listing.

     lmkdir path
	     Create local directory.

     ln linkpath targetpath
	     Symlink remote file.

     lpwd    Print the local working directory.

     ls [-l [path]]
	     Display remote directory listing.

     mkdir path
	     Create remote directory.

     progress
	     Toggle progress bar.

     put local-path [remote-path]
	     Transfer local file to remote location

     pwd     Print the remote working directory.

     quit    Disconnect from the server.

     rename oldpath newpath
	     Rename remote file.

     rmdir path
	     Remove remote directory.

     rm path
	     Remove remote file.

     version
	     Print the SFTP version.

     ?	     Synonym for 'help'.

AUTHOR

     cftp by Paul Swartz <z3p@twistedmatrix.com>. Man page by Mary Gardiner <mary@twistedmatrix.com>.

REPORTING BUGS

     Report bugs to http://twistedmatrix.com/bugs/

COPYRIGHT

     Copyright (C) 2005-2008 Twisted Matrix Laboratories
     This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
     PURPOSE.

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								  October 8, 2005							       BSD
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