Hi Todd, Steve,
> Us raw input instead:
>
> while read -r line; do echo ${line}; done < somefile
>
> Then, given that somefile contains:
>
> \
> \\
> \\\
> \\\\
>
> you will get exactly that as output. Use "help read | less" at the
> bash command line for more info.
Just the switch I was looking for. Tried man read, but that doesn't state the
-r option. Guess I'll have to use help for bash internals. Thanks.
Still leaves me with the question whether I can pipe command output into a
while loop. I'll have a look at the for loop as well.
Bye,
Leonard.
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