> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Brian Baquiran
> Sent: Friday, July 13, 2001 9:30 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [plug] readiing a line from a file and putting that in a
> variable
>
>
> > Chris G Haravata wrote:
> >
> > haba ng subject line ano? :)
> >
> > anyway, the problem is this: i need to create a script which will
> > automatically create user home directories from a file. but i need to
> > read the file first from within the script. the file looks like the
> > ff:
> >
> > /home/2000/abc-123455
> > /home/1995/def-678901
> > /home/2001/ghi-234567
> > <etc until 1125 lines later>
> >
> > problem is: is there a command to use which will read each line of
> > the file and put the contents of that line in a variable?
>
> #!/bin/bash
> for SOMEVAR in `cat somefile.txt`; do echo $SOMEVAR; done
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