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' $i.letter.txt
>
> Thank you for your help
>
#!/bin/sh
while read NAME ADDRESS
do
sed -e"s/Chloe/$NAME/" -e"s/CA/$ADDRESS/" <letter.txt>$NAME.letter.txt
done <list.txt
Seems sort of fragile in that the name field can't have spaces.
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Les Mikesell
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