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Old 06-19-2008
List & While Loop
I want to store a set of string values in a 1-D array
and then iterate the list by using a loop.

Please help this dummySmilie
Last edited by ngagemaniac; 06-19-2008 at 07:41 AM.. Reason: Question not clear to others
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Old 06-19-2008
It's not really clear what you mean, but I guess something like

Code:
for f in john paul george ringo era; do
  grep "$f" stuff | sed etc
done

(We note that grep | sed is often a Useless Use of Grep but this is just an example.)

I sort of liked the O'Reilly awk book. Kernighan & Pike also has a few sections on awk, in a context where you see how they thought it fits in with the rest of Unix. There's loads of links over in the FAQ forums.
Last edited by era; 06-19-2008 at 04:35 AM.. Reason: Link to O'Reilly book, it's available free on-line
 
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