On Mon, Oct 09, 2006 at 12:43:22PM +0100, Dan Track wrote: > have a script that does the following: > > cat /tmp/file | while read rpm > > what I would like to do is to remove the "|" pipe command but keep the > "while read rpm" part while also somehow cat the contents of the file > into the "while read rpm" line, how can I do that? ( while read rpm; do ... done ) < /tmp/file -- Fire extinguisher (n) a device for holding open fire doors.