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Old 11-09-2010
Read the contents of a file and store them in a variable
Hi Gurus,

I am trying for a scenario where in I want to read the contents of a file line by line and then store them in variables. Below is the script:

Code:
#!/bin/ksh

while read line

   do

    id=`echo $line | cut -f1 -d |`
    name=`echo $line | cut -f2 -d |`
     
      echo $id
      echo $name
   done < temp.txt

The contents of the temp file is
Code:
kgsc12333,mike anderson
oxftd14442,mc donald
tddff232233,william carlson

I want to strip the word before and after the "," and store them in 2 variables id and name. But the script is throwing some error.

Please help me on this.

Regards,
Sam
# 2  
Old 11-09-2010
try this:

Code:
#!/bin/ksh
while read line
do
  id=`echo $line | cut -d, -f1`
  name=`echo $line | cut -d, -f2`
  echo $id
  echo $name
done<1.txt

Last edited by Franklin52; 11-09-2010 at 05:22 PM.. Reason: Please indent your code and use code tags, thank you
# 3  
Old 11-09-2010
There's no need to use external commands:
Code:
#!/bin/ksh

while read line
do
  id=${line%,*}
  name=${line#*,}
  echo $id
  echo $name
done < temp.txt

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anurag.singh NoviceBeginner
# 4  
Old 11-09-2010
Thanks Anurag and Franklin for your quick response. I tried Franklin's approach, its working.
Last edited by svajhala; 11-09-2010 at 05:38 PM..
# 5  
Old 11-09-2010
Franklin's approach looks better and working well for me.
There might be some problem in your script. Please post your script printing each line twice.
Last edited by anurag.singh; 11-09-2010 at 05:47 PM..
# 6  
Old 11-09-2010
Hi all,
You could try this , by letting the IFS (input field separator) handle the logics for You:

Code:
#!/bin/ksh
IFS=,
while read id name; do
echo $id
echo $name
done < id-name.lst

If You know Your input is well formatted.

Best regards,
Lakris
Last edited by Lakris; 11-09-2010 at 06:11 PM.. Reason: typo
# 7  
Old 11-10-2010
Thanks everyone. I tried Franklin's approach and it is working fine. Now my question is how to get the value from 3rd column. I suppose Franklin's script will only work if there 2 columns. But I also need to get the value from 3rd column. Please help me on this.

Code:
kgsc12333,mike anderson,rwx
oxftd14442,mc donald,rx
tddff232233,william carlson,r

Thanks in advance
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