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Top Forums UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers Storing file contents to a variable Post 302970980 by am24 on Thursday 14th of April 2016 09:41:22 AM
Old 04-14-2016
Hi Ravindhar,

Thanks for your reply. I just want to make the shell script to read the file on its own instead of manually entering input. Below is how my sample file looks like. I want to store it in a variable say 'Input'.

Code:
may16 500 30.148 69.852 32.871 35.413 19.372 12.345  0.296  0.000 18.440  0.557  0.051 42.266  9.246  0.000 13.865  0.030 15.248 67.067 32.933 13.212 86.788  7.987 92.013  0.000100.000 37.578 62.422
may16 501  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000
may16 502 30.808 69.192 27.597 33.934 20.517 17.952  0.225  0.000 20.105  0.773  0.000 41.955 10.439  0.000 14.266  0.053 12.185 63.017 36.983 13.513 86.487  8.937 91.063  0.073 99.927 41.422 58.578
may16 503 23.417 76.583 18.366 31.827 24.033 25.774  1.421  0.171 15.536  0.448  0.115 23.530 24.581  0.000 19.726  0.058 14.414 60.157 39.843 21.544 78.456 19.704 80.296  0.145 99.855 47.799 52.201
may16 504  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000
may16 505  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000
may16 506  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000
may16 507 21.974 78.026 18.949 32.026 24.177 24.847  1.411  0.060 26.614  0.688  0.072 23.768 18.673  0.088 18.076  0.000 10.551 59.482 40.518 22.226 77.774 12.692 87.308  0.191 99.809 50.330 49.670
may16 508  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000
may16 509 30.166 69.834 24.492 34.899 22.264 18.345  0.309  0.032 15.843  0.407  0.042 19.645 12.387  0.148 20.263  0.254 30.670 68.286 31.714 15.311 84.689 14.935 85.065  0.000100.000 42.348 57.652
may16 510  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000
may16 511  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000
may16 512  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000
may16 513 35.127 64.873 20.950 35.699 24.932 18.419  0.367  0.193 26.181  0.451  0.000 29.213 10.682  0.000 16.353  0.000 16.559 66.105 33.895 12.070 87.930 12.100 87.900  0.115 99.885 43.288 56.712
may16 514 30.170 69.830 23.636 34.215 23.150 18.999  0.490  0.077 22.304  0.542  0.023 37.657 10.990  0.148 15.745  0.166 11.858 63.915 36.085 17.738 82.262  7.400 92.600  0.020 99.980 47.803 52.197
may16 515 29.606 70.394 20.281 31.387 23.488 24.844  0.322  0.122 20.758  0.447  0.032 34.009 11.092  0.064 13.470  0.048 19.637 66.862 33.138 16.208 83.792  6.952 93.048  0.093 99.907 51.658 48.342
may16 516 32.779 67.221 23.010 33.483 23.722 19.785  0.642  0.070 13.521  0.500  0.000 34.379 12.732  0.000 20.424  0.120 17.612 67.990 32.010 15.364 84.636 15.279 84.721  0.000100.000 46.035 53.965
may16 517  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000
may16 518 26.814 73.186 19.678 34.267 24.457 21.597  0.670  0.144 19.662  0.481  0.053 34.263 13.244  0.028 16.687  0.035 14.732 59.807 40.193 18.835 81.165  9.162 90.838  0.110 99.890 47.205 52.795
may16 519 23.497 76.503 19.951 33.644 24.393 22.012  1.514  0.099 29.253  0.211  0.100 27.666 13.100  0.137 11.779  0.000 16.141 60.288 39.712 18.024 81.976  6.290 93.710  0.000100.000 48.908 51.092

Please let me know if you need any other information.

Thanks in advance.
 

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