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Re: how to preserve all spacings in the file content, when parsing throu
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alex xmb sw ratchev |
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Re: how to preserve all spacings in the file content, when parsing through it with while + read |
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Fri, 7 Jun 2024 12:42:51 +0200 |
try IFS= read -r line
On Fri, Jun 7, 2024, 12:12 PM Ante Bilandzic <abilandzic@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> This is the content of example file.txt:
>
> The shell is both an interactive command language
> and a scripting language, and is used by the operating system to
> control the execution of the system using shell scripts.
>
> I would like to parse through it using while + read, but also to preserve
> all original spacings in the file. It seems, however, that all spacings at
> the very beginning of the lines are gone, while all other spacings are
> preserved:
>
> $ while read Line; do echo "$Line"; done < file.txt
> The shell is both an interactive command language
> and a scripting language, and is used by the operating system to
> control the execution of the system using shell scripts.
>
> Is there an easy way to preserve original spacings also at the beginning of
> the lines, when parsing with while + read?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Cheers,
> Ante
>