Here is a PERL way to do it:
#!/usr/bin/perl
open(FILE, "filename");
while($line = <FILE>) #grabs one line at a time until you get to eof
{
process line
.
.
.
}
close(FILE);
Bryan Opfer
On Mon, 6 Apr 1998, Niclas Domack wrote:
> A (probably) stupid question from a shell-programming newbie..
>
> I have got a long list of usernames and passwords which I want to read
> and pass to the htpasswd command. I need a function which reads a line
> of a file, giving me a variable with the contents of that line, then
> moving on to the next line and so on, looping. I looked around, but the
> best I found was the 'read' command which I only get to read one line...
> I know there must be a way to do this, but I can't find it... help!
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Niclas
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