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# 1  
Old 02-24-2008
grep from filename.txt can't get the whole line!
Hi,

I've made a script to grep a file

Code:
for i in `cat filename.txt`
do
    strings ./binfile | grep "$i" 2>&1 > /dev/null
done

this works fine as long as in filename.txt i don't have any entries with spaces. But in my case i want to grep something with spaces like "lala tata"
and the above script greps for lala and then with tata.

When I use while read i have the same problem.
any ideas anyone??

thanks,
papasj
Last edited by papasj; 02-24-2008 at 11:13 AM.. Reason: trying to edit the title without luck
# 2  
Old 02-24-2008
You have to set IFS to a newline character before executing your loop:

Code:
IFS="
"
for ...; do ...; done

Or, for a nicer single line version:
Code:
IFS=$'\n'
for ...; do ...; done

Last edited by robotronic; 02-24-2008 at 11:34 AM..
# 3  
Old 02-24-2008
thanks
thanks, it works fine after the IFS
# 4  
Old 05-25-2009
also " tr " could delete END OF THE LINE , try

echo abcd | tr -d '\n'
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