Re: using cat to get a list to for in sh or in ksh

Bob Harris <nospam.News.Bob@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:

>    while read line
>    do
>        set -- $line
>        for item
>        do
>            do-something-with-$item
>        done
>    done <file

tr -s '[:space:]' '\n' <file |
while read x
do command $x
done

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dhs spencer@[EMAIL PROTECTED]