How can I make content of file as output of command?

Question

I have a file contain list of path now I want to execute command on each line example :-

file name : rawabdeh .......
command : command

file contains:-

path/no/1/
path/no/2/
path/no/3/

I want to do the following :

command path/no/1/
command path/no/2/
command path/no/3/

Does each line of your file contain multiple paths and do you want to run `command` on each of the multiple paths on every line ? — user9517, Sep 21 '10 at 14:51

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 21 '10 at 15:11

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This should work for you:

xargs -a "$filename" -n 1 command

answered Sep 21 '10 at 15:11

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pjz · Answer 2 · 2010-09-22T04:14:25.797

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I'm not sure I'm understanding your request completely, but if you have a list of paths in a file and want to execute the same command on each line in $filename, then you should do:

xargs -n 1 command < $filename

edited Sep 22 '10 at 04:14

answered Sep 21 '10 at 14:31

pjz

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`xargs -n 1 command <$filename` ;) – krissi Sep 21 '10 at 14:34
I'm not sure I'm understanding your request completely, but if you have a list of paths in a file and want to execute the same command on each LINE IN FILE – Mohammad AL-Rawabdeh Sep 21 '10 at 14:37

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 21 '10 at 19:14

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Replace input-file, command and output-file as you require

cat input-file | sed 's/^/command /' >output-file

answered Sep 21 '10 at 19:14

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How can I make content of file as output of command?

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