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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting processing line in file Post 96078 by fablef00 on Tuesday 17th of January 2006 11:29:25 AM
Old 01-17-2006
I just tried this and it seems I have a lead now. Smilie

cat /etc/hosts | while q=$(line); do echo $q; done


but feel free to give sugestions on how I should handle the logic with checking the if the file structure exists.


Cheers
fable00
 

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