Unix scripting ..

[paul_y3k]

sigh, i've spent the day trying to suss this, and i know it should be easy but I'm falling ......

 

I've one file that contains a list of numbers ..

1

2

3

 

All i want to do is read each line into a varible do something with it, then move on to the next line and repeat ...

 

i.e

loop

X=read line of file

touch file.X

go back around

 

and end up with

file.1

file.2

etc

 

please dont tell me this is awk / sed. They scare me.

[Alan999]

You lost me at the thread title

 

Hope you get sorted mate

[sdavies]

lol, I'll dig out my scripting book a bit later if nobody has answered you by the time I get home

[Jake]

while read PaulsFile

do

WhatEverYouLike

done

[paul_y3k]

jake ... i tried rea, but it only takes stuff from standard input not from a file ?

 

if i try your script it just sits there ...

[Jake]

"rea"?

 

Did you include the done

[francis]

#!/bin/bash

for i in `cat yourfile`; do

echo "creating file for $i"

touch file.$i

done

 

That what you're after?

[paul_y3k]

cheers jake, francis. both working now

many thanks

Paul