[plug] function error

[Russell Steicke]

On Wed, Jan 11, 2006 at 09:50:21PM +0800, Jon  Miller wrote:
> I'm trying to get this function to work , what I need is for it to
> read the contents of a file and print it to screen 1 line at a time.
> 
> The username2.txt file consists of a names 1 per line.  I just need
> to to increment 1 name at a time which if I understand the while
> statement while line1 is less than 10 it should keep reading and
> increment by 1.  Is the incrementing a built-in feature of bash
> while loop.  If I'm right in C or C++ you had to have to use
> something like "line +1" or " ++line1"

There is no auto-incrementing loop in bourne shell (or bash) scripting
that I'm aware of.

What is it you're trying to do?  Read the first 10 lines?  Use a
separate counter to control the loop:

  for counter in `seq 10` ; do
    read LINE || break
    # process $LINE
  done < username2.txt


> 
> #!/bin/bash
> # Reading lines in /etc/fstab.
> File=username2.txt
> function test {
> while [ "line1" < 10 ]; do
> {
> read line1
> } < $File
> 
> done
> 
> echo "First line in $File is:"
> echo "$line1"
> echo
> exit 0
> }
> test();
> 
> 
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