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Old 03-27-2008
help with simple read script!
Hi y'all...I've been wracking my brain over this very simple script that reads in a textfile and echos each line. But I keep getting an error.
Below is my script:

#!/bin/bash

while read myline
do
echo $myline
done < t_file-20080221.01.asc

The error I am getting is:
syntax error near unexpected token `done'

Funny thing is if I just cut and paste the line directly into the command prompt, it works...HELP!

Cheers!
# 2  
Old 03-27-2008
Your code works for me. Smilie

Maybe you have an unprintable character.
 
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