Programming

#!/bin/sh
linenum=1
cat myfile.txt |while read line
do
	max=0
	min=255 # set to a known high value
	between=""
    # First we get the min and max
    for char in $line
    do
        if [ $char -gt $max ]
        then
            max=$char
		fi
        if [ $char -lt $min  -a $char -gt 0 ]
        then
            min=$char
        fi
    done
    # Now we have to check for numbers between the min and max
    for char in $line
    do
        if [ $char -lt $max -a $char -gt $min ]
        then
            between="$between $char"
        fi
    done
    # Now send the values to your files as needed
    # Notice the '>>' for appending to a file
    echo "Line $linenum max: $max" >> max_file.txt
    echo "Line $linenum min: $min" >> min_file.txt
    echo "Line $linenum between: $between" >> between_file.txt
    linenum=$((linenum + 1))
done

kamaraj@kamaraj-laptop:~/Desktop/testing$ cat values
1 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0
2 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 0
24 24 24 23 4 23 423 4 234 
294 2 42 4 23 4 235 23 498
242 42 4 234 23 4 2341
2423 4 23 42 34 23 432
3423 234 234 23 423
2 2 3 423 4 6 45 43 534 5
kamaraj@kamaraj-laptop:~/Desktop/testing$ awk '{big=0;for(i=1;i<=NF;i++) if($i>big) big=$i; print big}' values 
4
3
423
498
2341
2423
3423
534