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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Problem reading file in while/read loop Post 302452332 by Bashingaway on Friday 10th of September 2010 03:41:32 AM
Old 09-10-2010
Problem reading file in while/read loop
I know I should be able to see a way of doing this easily, but my brain just won't engage.

I have a script working on an embedded device that checks to see if an item is in a blacklist before performing some actions.

At the moment the code reads thus....

Code:
while read BLACKLIST ; do

execute some code
execute some code

done < /path/to/BLACKLIST.txt

The items in BLACKLIST.txt are single words separated by a \n

I'm trying to replace the BLACKLIST.txt file by putting the list directly into the script as a variable (INBLACKLIST) at the top of the file with each item separated by a space and then using tr " " "\n" to put them on separate lines. This is to try to make the script as portable as possible without relying on any outside dependencies.

What I was hoping to do in the new code was

Code:
echo "$INBLACKLIST" | while read BLACKLIST ; do

execute some code
execute some code

done

This isn't working, the first value gets passed to BLACKLIST but it looks like the while read isn't working.

I'm sure there's a better way to do this but to be honest I'm so tired my brain has frozen up.......can anyone suggest another way.

Thanks in advance and I'm going to put on a fresh pot of coffee in the hope someone out there can help me!!
Last edited by zaxxon; 09-10-2010 at 05:13 AM.. Reason: subject change
 

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locale::script

Locale::Script(3pm)					 Perl Programmers Reference Guide				       Locale::Script(3pm)

NAME

       Locale::Script - standard codes for script identification

SYNOPSIS

	  use Locale::Script;

	  $script  = code2script('phnx');		      # 'Phoenician'
	  $code    = script2code('Phoenician'); 	      # 'Phnx'
	  $code    = script2code('Phoenician',
				 LOCALE_CODE_NUMERIC);	      # 115

	  @codes   = all_script_codes();
	  @scripts = all_script_names();

DESCRIPTION

       The "Locale::Script" module provides access to standards codes used for identifying scripts, such as those defined in ISO 15924.

       Most of the routines take an optional additional argument which specifies the code set to use. If not specified, the default ISO 15924
       four-letter codes will be used.

SUPPORTED CODE SETS

       There are several different code sets you can use for identifying scripts. A code set may be specified using either a name, or a constant
       that is automatically exported by this module.

       For example, the two are equivalent:

	  $script = code2script('phnx','alpha');
	  $script = code2script('phnx',LOCALE_SCRIPT_ALPHA);

       The codesets currently supported are:

       alpha, LOCALE_SCRIPT_ALPHA
	   This is a set of four-letter (capitalized) codes from ISO 15924 such as 'Phnx' for Phoenician.  It also includes additions to this set
	   included in the IANA language registry.

	   The Zxxx, Zyyy, and Zzzz codes are not used.

	   This is the default code set.

       num, LOCALE_SCRIPT_NUMERIC
	   This is a set of three-digit numeric codes from ISO 15924 such as 115 for Phoenician.

ROUTINES

       code2script ( CODE [,CODESET] )
       script2code ( NAME [,CODESET] )
       script_code2code ( CODE ,CODESET ,CODESET2 )
       all_script_codes ( [CODESET] )
       all_script_names ( [CODESET] )
       Locale::Script::rename_script  ( CODE ,NEW_NAME [,CODESET] )
       Locale::Script::add_script  ( CODE ,NAME [,CODESET] )
       Locale::Script::delete_script  ( CODE [,CODESET] )
       Locale::Script::add_script_alias  ( NAME ,NEW_NAME )
       Locale::Script::delete_script_alias  ( NAME )
       Locale::Script::rename_script_code  ( CODE ,NEW_CODE [,CODESET] )
       Locale::Script::add_script_code_alias  ( CODE ,NEW_CODE [,CODESET] )
       Locale::Script::delete_script_code_alias  ( CODE [,CODESET] )
	   These routines are all documented in the Locale::Codes::API man page.

SEE ALSO

       Locale::Codes
	   The Locale-Codes distribution.

       Locale::Codes::API
	   The list of functions supported by this module.

       http://www.unicode.org/iso15924/
	   Home page for ISO 15924.

       http://www.iana.org/assignments/language-subtag-registry
	   The IANA language subtag registry.

AUTHOR

       See Locale::Codes for full author history.

       Currently maintained by Sullivan Beck (sbeck@cpan.org).

COPYRIGHT

	  Copyright (c) 1997-2001 Canon Research Centre Europe (CRE).
	  Copyright (c) 2001-2010 Neil Bowers
	  Copyright (c) 2010-2013 Sullivan Beck

       This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

perl v5.18.2							    2013-11-04						       Locale::Script(3pm)
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