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# 9  
Old 07-26-2012
The script identifies when EOF is reached, yes. When that happens, read fails and the loop breaks. Hitting ctrl-D in the shell will act like EOF, too.

How can your code 'not work further' when there isn't any more code at all? It's not doing anything with the file, because you never tell it to.

What have you tried?
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Old 07-26-2012
Did you send an EOF after you entered all filenames? EOF is generated by pressing ctrl+d.
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Old 07-26-2012
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Originally Posted by cero
Did you send an EOF after you entered all filenames? EOF is generated by pressing ctrl+d.

Thanks its working. Is it possible to type any word by user like quit or exit to identify EOF instead of pressing ctrl-d
rogerben
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Old 07-26-2012
Code:
[ "$LINE" = "quit" ] && break
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