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Name: Mel
Date: September 13, 2002 at 10:56:59 Pacific
OS: unix
CPU/Ram: solaris
Comment:

Hi guys,
i have a file inside file file name are stored 1 filename per line i want to open the file and read each line from the file and process it...how should i do it in shell script...your help will be appreciated

Thx



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Name: ASB
Date: September 13, 2002 at 11:11:30 Pacific
Reply:

for file in `cat list_files`
do
..... Proccess $file
done


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Response Number 2
Name: Mel
Date: September 13, 2002 at 15:04:43 Pacific
Reply:

Hey ASB Thx It worked!!!


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