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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Reading a text file using bash Post 302837751 by Don Cragun on Friday 26th of July 2013 03:45:25 PM
Old 07-26-2013
You're making it too hard. Try something like:
Code:
#!/bin/bash
line=0
while read ip_address hostname put_location alt_put_location tftpserver
do      ((line++))
        # Skip header line.
        if [ $line -eq 1 ]
        then    continue
        fi
        # Process data from other lines.
        printf "Input line #%d:\n" $line
        printf "\tip address: %s\n" "$ip_address"
        printf "\thostname: %s\n" "$hostname"
        printf "\tput-location: %s\n" "$put_location"
        printf "\talt-put-locaiont: %s\n" "$alt_put_location"
        printf "\ttftpserver: %s\n" "$tftpserver"
done < filename

With the input you specified in your last post, this script produces:
Code:
Input line #2:
	ip address: 192.168.1.1
	hostname: r01-lab1-net
	put-location: /mnt/nas1/fgbu/
	alt-put-locaiont: /opt/fgbu/devicebackup
	tftpserver: 192.168.1.254
Input line #3:
	ip address: 192.168.1.2
	hostname: r01-lab2-net
	put-location: /mnt/nas2/fgbu/
	alt-put-locaiont: /opt/fgbu/backup
	tftpserver: 192.168.1.222

You specified bash; this script will also work with any other POSIX conforming shell.
 

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