try
cat $1 | while(line=`{read}){
echo $line
}
no doubt you cam do without the cat but i am unsure off hand where to put the
redirect in and i am not on plan9 just now.
-Steve
> On 5 Jan 2019, at 10:34 pm, Mack Wallace <mac...@mapinternet.com> wrote:
>
> Another, probably more stupid question - How does one read a text file line
> by line in an rc script.
>
> In bash this works:
>
> #!/bin/bash
>
> while read line
> do
> echo $line
> done < $1
>
> I’ve tried:
>
> #!/bin/rc
>
> while (line=`{read $1})
> {
> echo $line
> }
>
> Which produces the first line of the file in an infinite loop. I’ve tried the
> -m argument with no output.
>
>
> It’s probably simple, but just can’t seem to find the equivalent.
>
> Regards,
>
> Mack
>
>
>
