How to read and write files one line at a time.

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Hi!
All!
I am wirting a shell script in which i want to read one line
at a time from the file and write it simultaneouly to other file one line at a time.
Please let me know about some shell utility which can help me out.
Thanx.
If further clarifications are needed then please let me know about them ASAP.

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#!/bin/sh

while read line
do
# do anything with that line
echo $line >> $newfile
done < $filename

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Hi !
Mib !
Thanx for ur prompt reply.It is really working out.
Hope to keep the partership going.