On Thu, 9 Feb 2012, Alejandro Rodriguez Luna wrote: > Hi everyone, I was creating a script and i found something i can't figure out. > > #/bin/bash > for i in $(cat certificates.txt) > do > echo $i > done > > I expected this > > RSA Secure Server Certification Authority > VeriSign Class 1 CA Individual Subscriber-Persona Not Validated > > > but i got this > > RSA > Secure > Server > Certification > Authority > VeriSign > Class > 1 > CA > Individual > Subscriber-Persona > Not > Validated > > any ideas how to fix this? i mean, how can i get the whole line instead of word by word? This will make it work your way. -------------------------------------------------------------------- #!/bin/sh IFS=" " for i in `cat certificates.txt` ; do echo $i done -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cheers, Steve