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Old 02-13-2015
Reading file line by line in cshell
I want to read a file in cshell line by line. But it is reading the values by spaces....

For Ex, my file1 :
Code:
word1 word2 word3
word5 word6


By below script, variable taking the values separated by space
Code:
foreach v ( `cat file`)
echo $v
end

the output will be like,
Code:
word1 
word2 
word3
word5 
word6

I want these values to be read line by line instead of space by space..

Could you suggest on this pls?

Thanks again.
Last edited by rbatte1; 02-13-2015 at 09:13 AM.. Reason: Wrapped CODE tags round input file
# 2  
Old 02-13-2015
You want something like the equivalent of sh, ksh or bash:-
Code:
while read line
do
  ...whatever
done < file

Why write in csh? It has all sorts of issues, limitations and confusions - oh and it lets you use goto which creates a nightmare when you try to dismantle the logic later on.



Robin
# 3  
Old 02-13-2015
You somewhat "jump through hoops" with csh. The following should work (tested in tcsh).
Code:
set v=`cat file`
set i=1
while ( $i < = $#v )
    echo $v[$i]
    @ i = $i + 1
end

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