Writing line to a file

Hi,

I'm reading and writing a line from one file to another.

Input line is like this:

My name is David. Working on a shell script now.

When I use "echo" or "print" output comes like this,

My name is David. Working on a shell script now.

Sample Code:

while read LINE
do
echo $LINE > $outfile1
print $LINE > $outfile2
done < $inputfile

I need to write the line as it is, without any modification, even with the spaces.

Is there any other way to accomplish this? Please let me know. Thanks in advance.

Hi,
doing it your way gives you errors?
I'm not sure i understood the problem, can you explain what happens if you use that while cicle?
I think it should work correctly

bye

cp $inputfile $outputfile1
cp $inputfile $outputfile2

will do what you want or have I missed something from your requirements?

here is my problem, all my spaces are being ate up by echo or print,

Input line:
My(5 spaces)name(5 spaces)is(5 spaces)David.(5 spaces)Working(5 spaces)on(5 spaces)shell(5 spaces)scripting(5 spaces)now.

Output line:
My(1 space)name(1 space)is(1 space)David.(1 space)Working(1 space)on(1 space)Shell(1 space)scripting(1 space)now.

i think it explains my problem now..

Hi Tony,

Thank u for ur reply, hope i'm clear with my problem here!!!

• First you have to learn to use the code tags when you post your data sample.
• Learn howto use double quote to preserve spacing, see below:

# cat file
My     name     is     David.     Working     on     shell     scripting     now.

# while read LINE
do 
     echo $LINE
     echo "$LINE"
done < file
My name is David. Working on shell scripting now.
My     name     is     David.     Working     on     shell     scripting     now.

hi,

ur suggestion worked like charm.... thank u.... n i read the code tags.... i'll try to be more clear n formatted next time....

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