[CentOS] script regular expression

Fri Feb 10 07:38:51 UTC 2012
sheraz naz <sheraznaz at yahoo.com>


--- On Fri, 2/10/12, Alejandro Rodriguez Luna <el_alexluna at yahoo.com.mx> wrote:

> From: Alejandro Rodriguez Luna <el_alexluna at yahoo.com.mx>
> Subject: [CentOS]  script regular expression
> To: "CentOS mailing list" <centos at centos.org>
> Date: Friday, February 10, 2012, 1:29 AM
> 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?

Try:
while read i;do echo $i;done < certificates.txt

Thanks
Sheraz