2016-04-13 08:10:15 +0200, Geir Hauge: [...] > while read -r line; do echo "$line"; done < test.txt > > though printf should be preferred over echo: > > while read -r line; do printf '%s\n' "$line"; done < test.txt [...]
Actually, you also need to empty $IFS while IFS= read -r line; do printf '%s\n' "$line"; done < test.txt And if you want to keep eventual spurious characters after the last NL character in the file: while IFS= read -r line; do printf '%s\n' "$line"; done < test.txt [ -z "$line" ] || printf %s "$line" For details, see: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/209123/understand-ifs-read-r-line https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/65803/why-is-printf-better-than-echo https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/169716/why-is-using-a-shell-loop-to-process-text-considered-bad-practice -- Stephane
