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# 1  
Old 04-11-2012
How to handle variable with spaces in ksh
I'm having issue capturing a value from file.list with a multiple spaces in a variable $i, tried various options like using double quotes, no quotes, single quotes, curly braces but to no avail.

Code:
cat file.list
aaa test bbb
ccc test ddd
eee test fff

for i in `cat file.list`
do 
echo "$i"; ls -ld "$i"
done

Below is the output I get while running the above script:
aaa not found
test
test not found
bbb
ccc
bbb
ccc not found
test
test not found
ddd
eee
ddd
eee not found
test
test not found
fff
fff not found

# 2  
Old 04-11-2012
This is a side-effect of useless use of backticks. The shell splits where it pleases, not on lines.

To read lines, use the read command.

Code:
while read LINE
do
        echo "Line was $LINE"
done <inputfile

# 3  
Old 04-11-2012
How to handle variable with spaces in ksh
Your answer worked for me, thank you for prompt response and ofcourse backtick is not worth using...Smilie
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