file content to standard output from a script

hi folks

how do i output contents of file in standard output.

in my script, i say

x=`cat filename'
echo $x

below is the actual file

***********
asda afdf fdf sdf dsfsdfsd fds dsfdfsdfsdg ssgd sgdg
sdfsdgfsdg dgfd gsfd gs sdg sfdg s

in my script, i am trying to output the contents of file to standard output
i am getting it as

filea fileb filec filed .profile
asda afdf fdf sdf dsfsdfsd fds dsfdfsdfsdg ssgd sgdg sdfsdgfsdg dgfd gsfd gs sdg sfdg s

there is no newline character and * is being replaced by each single file in the directory

set noglob

turns off the substitution of *. This works for a lot of shells, if it does not work for yours go into your manpage for the shell you are using and find out about globbing.

thanks

How can I send contents of a file to standard output inside a script and not loose the newline character?

it was as simple as putting
cat filename
inside the script

dumb of me

thanks guys

#!/bin/ksh
# t.sh
while read record
do
      echo "$record"
done  <filename_to_read

t.sh > newfile