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Old 10-31-2012
MySQL make loop from input file

Hi Guys,

I have file A.txt

Code:
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PP66
PP87
PP66
PP47
PP57
PP44
PP20
PP66
PP16
PP13
PP51
PP68
PP70
PP75
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PP70
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PP17
PP38
PP43
PP22
PP43
PP13
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PP86
PP43
PP65
PP38
PP23
PP16

...

Now i want make loop which can take frist 10 lines then secound 10 ..then third 10 lines and keep on !!!

save first 10 line in tem.txt
Code:
for i in tem.txt
do                       
#Some Command             
done

Now Secound 10 lines in tem.txt

Code:
for i in tem.txt                        
do                        
#Some Command               
done

Keep loop to file end.

Last edited by asavaliya; 10-31-2012 at 01:49 AM..
# 2  
Old 10-31-2012
Check the man page on your system for the xargs utility.
# 3  
Old 10-31-2012
Suggestion: try using split command to create output files with 10 lines each:-

Code:
split -l 10 input_file out_split

Then you can read each out_split* files and perform some action.
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