Hi
If your file has only 2 columns and there is no space exists in 2nd column then you can use this script
#!/bin/sh FILE="list.txt" OUTPUT="out.txt" while read VAL
do VAL1=$(echo $VAL | awk '{print $1}' ) VAL2=$(echo $VAL | awk '{print $2}' )
echo "DEAR: $VAL1" >> $OUPUT echo "DEAR: $VAL2" >> $OUPUT echo " ">> $OUTPUT
done<$FILE
if you have spaces in between your 2nd column you might have to format the file using awk/sed so that there would be a valid delimeter between column1 and column2
column 1| column2 here we can use '|' as the delimeter and change awk statement to awk -F '| ' '{print $1}' or something like this.
-- Regards, Mohan.
chloe K wrote:
Hi
I have a file. list.txt (two columns)
column1 column2 name address
I need to put in the letter file letter.txt eg:
Dear: Chloe Address: CA
Can I use this
for i `cat list.txt` | sed 's/Chloe/$i.1; /CA/$i.2/g' $i.letter.txt
Thank you for your help
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