No problem. The file: [571][DEV machine: /u/p576656/work]$ cat bat foo bar baz bunt
On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 10:08 AM, Paul Heinlein <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry for the top-post, but... > > It'd be helpful if you posted an example of the file you're trying to > read. It's difficult to understand what you want to happen. > > > On Tue, 27 Jan 2015, Daniel Herrington wrote: > > All, >> >> I'm clearly doing something wrong, and clearly am missing something about >> bash and awk interaction. My script: >> >> #!/usr/bin/bash >> >> echo "Starting script" >> while read line >> do >> for m in $line >> do >> echo "before testing: $line :: $m" >> host=$(awk '{ print "wtf:" $m }') >> echo "$line :: $m :: $host" >> done >> done < $1 >> >> It reads a file and outputs the list of names in the file, and I though >> would be like: >> Starting script >> before testing: foo :: foo >> foo :: foo :: foo >> before testing: bar :: bar >> bar :: bar :: bar >> before testing: baz :: baz >> baz :: baz :: baz >> before testing: bunt :: bunt >> bunt :: bunt :: bunt >> >> However, what I get is: >> Starting script >> before testing: foo :: foo >> foo :: foo :: wtf:bar >> wtf:baz >> wtf:bunt >> >> I have isolated it to the awk command printing out the actual file >> contents. However, I'm not sure how awk is looping through anything, as it >> only should should have access to $line, and $line is a single line from >> the file. It seems like awk is not in the loop? >> >> thanks, >> >> >> > -- > Paul Heinlein > [email protected] > 45°38' N, 122°6' W > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > -- Daniel B. Herrington _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
