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Old 01-27-2009
Question read parameters from file
Hi there,
I'm wondering how I can run a script that would loop and launch a command that would take as parameter every line in a file one by one.
For example, say I want to remove a list of files:
Code:
~$ cat filestoremove
foo
bar
~$ cat myscript
for file in filestoremove; do
    rm $file
done

Unfortunately, it doesn't work. Instead, it remove the file that contains the list of file to remove.
Can you help me with that?
Thanks in advance
Santiago
# 2  
Old 01-27-2009
Should be:

Code:
while read file
do
  rm "$file"
done < filestoremove

Regards
# 3  
Old 01-27-2009
Great job, thx Franklin52
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