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Read file and assign to variables

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Hi, My file list.txt look like this:- abc.model 09 10 12:01 cad usr1 /tmp/users xyz.model 11 03 10:00 cam usr2 /tmp/test How can I read the file and assign the variable to each of them as:- var1=abc.model var2=09 var3=10 var4=12:01 var5=cad var6=usr1 var7=/tmp/users So that I can do thing like:- while read str do cp var7/var1 /tmp done list.txt Thanks ahteck

Name: David Perry
Date: July 1, 2003 at 04:10:51 Pacific

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cat list.txt | while read var1 var2 var3 var4 var5 var6 var7 ; do cp ${var7}/${$var1} /tmp done

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Yes! It works! Thanks ahteck

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