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Re: Reading line by line

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From: "djh" <henman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <meino.cramer@xxxxxx>, <zsh-users@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Reading line by line
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 16:00:38 +0900
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> > meino.cramer@xxxxxx wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > >  how can I read line by line from a file of text?
> 
> Most Unix tools (cut, paste, sed, awk...) read files lines by
> line, it's generally a bad idea to have the shell read the file
> by itself.

I disagree, one shouldn't have to load in heavy tools like sed and friends 
if they aren't needed.

> 
> [...]
> > while read theline
> 

See Chapter 17 "Shell Builtin Commands" 
  - It explains the "read" builtin command and explains the options in gory detail.


Regards,
  Darel Henman

References:
- Reading line by line
  - From: meino . cramer
- Re: Reading line by line
  - From: Micah Cowan
- Re: Reading line by line
  - From: Stephane Chazelas

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