RE: [plug] readiing a line from a file and putting that in a variable

[Chris G Haravata]

what is wrong with this?

<-- start of script

#!/bin/bash
clear

for SOMEVAR in `cat temp`
do 
   usermod -d $SOMEVAR -m `cut -f5 -d/ temp`
done

<-- end of script

where the contents of test file temp is:

1.   /tmp/home/2001/mco-100017
     /tmp/home/2001/acc-100019
     /tmp/home/1995/kap-100021

2.   `cut -f5 -d/ temp` is the username
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