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To read a file line by line in a Ksh (Korn shell) script on Unix, you can use a while<\/code> loop with the read<\/code> command. Here’s an example script that demonstrates how to read a file line by line in Ksh:<\/p>\n

\n
<\/div>\n
#!\/bin\/ksh<\/span><\/p>\n

while<\/span> read<\/span> line
\ndo<\/span>
\n echo<\/span> $line<\/span>
\ndone<\/span> < file.txt
\n<\/code><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

In this script, the while<\/code> loop reads the file file.txt<\/code> line by line using the read<\/code> command. Each line is stored in the variable line<\/code>, and the echo<\/code> command is used to print the line to the console.<\/p>\n

You can replace the echo<\/code> command with any other command that you want to perform on each line of the file. For example, you could use the grep<\/code> command to search for a specific pattern in each line:<\/p>\n

\n
<\/div>\n
#!\/bin\/ksh<\/span><\/p>\n

while<\/span> read<\/span> line
\ndo<\/span>
\n if<\/span> [[ $line<\/span> =~ \"pattern\"<\/span> ]]
\n then<\/span>
\n echo<\/span> $line<\/span>
\n fi<\/span>
\ndone<\/span> < file.txt
\n<\/code><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

In this example, the if<\/code> statement checks whether the line contains the string “pattern”, and if it does, the echo<\/code> command is used to print the line to the console.<\/p>\n

Note that in Ksh, you can use the [[ ... ]]<\/code> syntax for more advanced conditional statements, such as regular expression matches with the =~<\/code> operator. If you need to use a single [ ... ]<\/code> bracket for compatibility with other shells, you can do so, but some of the more advanced features may not be available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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