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+1 for read. So if you pipe to while read it works: cat file | while read i; do echo $i; done

rubo77
– rubo77

2013-11-21 03:36:48 +00:00
Commented Nov 21, 2013 at 3:36
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@rubo except that in your example the unquoted variable is also reprocessed by the shell. Use echo "$i" to see the true effect of the read

Chris Davies
– Chris Davies

2015-09-09 19:19:58 +00:00
Commented Sep 9, 2015 at 19:19
If IFS is set to other characters, for example ,, then spaces will not be trimmed.

Gary Wang
– Gary Wang

2024-05-09 02:39:31 +00:00
Commented May 9, 2024 at 2:39

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