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# 1  
Old 03-10-2006
for loop not working - syntax error at line 6: `end of file' unexpected
I have a file called test.dat which contains

a b

I have written a shell script called test.sh

for i in `cat test.dat`
do
echo $i
done

When i run this script using

sh test.sh

I get this message -

test.sh: syntax error at line 6: `end of file' unexpected

What is the problem.

Thanks,
Debojyoty
# 2  
Old 03-10-2006
Your script works fine for me. Open the script in vi and enter the command :set list to see if you have any characters mucking up your script.
# 3  
Old 03-10-2006
It also occurred to me that one of you back ticks could be a single quote as well, which would certainly cause your error.

Code:
for i in `cat test.dat' <=== single quote and not back tick
do
echo $i
done

$ sh test.sh
test.sh: syntax error at line 5: `end of file' unexpected

Code:
for i in `cat test.dat` <=== back tick
do
echo $i
done

$ sh test.sh
a
b

# 4  
Old 04-13-2009
this is most recommended for reading a file using while loop.

while read line
do
echo $line
done<"test.dat"
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