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I have a file named "rules.txt", this file contains the following below:

Jones 2     IP1   1P2

The thing now is that "Jones 2" is supposed to be one word. How do I get my script to understand this?

All lines of the file are consistent. I basically have NAT rule names, start ip address and end ip address. The NAT rule names are separated by spaces and there is a tab between the IP addresses.

I don't want to do any splitting. I just want to read the "Jones 2" and also read IP1 and IP2 as 3 separate things in my while loop.

I have a file named "rules.txt", this file contains the following below:

Jones 2     IP1   1P2

The thing now is that "Jones 2" is supposed to be one word. How do I get my script to understand this?

I have a file named "rules.txt", this file contains the following below:

Jones 2     IP1   1P2

The thing now is that "Jones 2" is supposed to be one word. How do I get my script to understand this?

All lines of the file are consistent. I basically have NAT rule names, start ip address and end ip address. The NAT rule names are separated by spaces and there is a tab between the IP addresses.

I don't want to do any splitting. I just want to read the "Jones 2" and also read IP1 and IP2 as 3 separate things in my while loop.

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I have a file named "rules.txt", this file contains the following below:

Jones 2     IP1   1P2

The thing now is that "Jones 2" is supposed to be one word. How do I get my script to understand this?

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