rajeshkumar created the topic: Shell script to read file line by line
processLine(){
line="$@" # get all args
# just echo them, but you may need to customize it according to your need
# for example, F1 will store first field of $line, see readline2 script
# for more examples
# F1=$(echo $line | awk '{ print $1 }')
echo $line
}
### Main script stars here ###
# Store file name
FILE=""
# Make sure we get file name as command line argument
# Else read it from standard input device
if [ "$1" == "" ]; then
FILE="/dev/stdin"
else
FILE="$1"
# make sure file exist and readable
if [ ! -f $FILE ]; then
echo "$FILE : does not exists"
exit 1
elif [ ! -r $FILE ]; then
echo "$FILE: can not read"
exit 2
fi
fi
# read $FILE using the file descriptors
# Set loop separator to end of line
BAKIFS=$IFS
IFS=$(echo -en "\n\b")
exec 3<&0
exec 0<"$FILE"
while read -r line
do
# use $line variable to process line in processLine() function
processLine $line
done
exec 0<&3
# restore $IFS which was used to determine what the field separators are
IFS=$BAKIFS
exit 0
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