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From: maart@cs.vu.nl (Maarten Litmaath)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: csh: still trying to read file
Keywords: csh C shell read programming unix
Message-ID: <2225@solo2.cs.vu.nl>
Date: 29 Mar 89 15:39:44 GMT
References: <2130@pikes.Colorado.EDU>
Organization: V.U. Informatica, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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pklammer@pikes.Colorado.EDU (Peter Klammer) writes:
\... what I want is to read a file a line at a time in the 
\midst of a csh script that is in dialogue; that is, redirecting
\stdin is not acceptable.

You don't want csh scripts, if you want to avoid problems. Use sh scripts:

	i=0
	exec 3< foo

	while read bar <&3
	do
		i=`expr $i + 1`
		echo "line $i: $bar"
	done

\... Another csh mystery (at least until I get my book, maybe): if I prepare
\a csh script file (with the mandatory "#" on line 1) and chmod +x it,
\and then invoke it from a subdirectory, it is run from my HOME directory! ...

Probably there's a cd command in your .cshrc.
Furthermore, try if your kernel recognizes `#!/bin/csh -f' on line 1.
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