fordata Statement

The fordata statement iterates through a data element, once for each line. For each iteration, a variable provided by the user is set to hold the contents of the line in the data element corresponding to the current iteration.

Syntax

The syntax of the fordata statement is:

fordata variable-name=data-element
...
end

Example

set i=1
loaddata mydata=mydata.txt
fordata line=mydata
    echo "$(i): $(line)"

    compare "$(line)" "exit" case=yes

    if <"$(_lastrc.message)" EQ "MATCH">
        echo
        echo "Data contains an 'exit' command"
        echo
    end

    set i=<$(i) + 1>
end

If a data element called mydata.txt contained the following contents:

cd /
ls -al
exit

Running this script against the contents of mydata would produce the following results:

1: cd /
2: ls -al
3: exit
Data contains an 'exit' command