nixcraft has a link on how to read a file line by line. The method is a great way to read a file, but there some trouble spots I thought I would point out.

In the script, the special variable IFS is set:

# set the Internal Field Separator to a pipe symbol
IFS='|'

The tells the read command to split “cyberciti.biz|74.86.48.99″ into “cyberciti.biz” and “74.86.48.99″ and thus fill both the domain and ip variables here:

Today I want to discuss splitting strings into tokens or “words”. I previously discussed how to do this with the IFS variable and promised a more in depth discussion. Today, I will make the case on WHY to use IFS to split strings as opposed to using a subshell combined with awk or cut.

Curiously many Linux administrators out there are clueless about properly securing or configuring a server. The following steps can significantly increase the stability and security of any Linux servers. These tips are all easy and quick to do as each can be completed in less than fifteen minutes!

Exactly 16 years ago, on March 1994, Linux kernel version 1.0.0 was humbly released for the world to tinker with. To celebrate the historic moment, I have collected some really interesting facts about the Linux kernel. ...

Recently I came into a client who had a Windows XP machine that contained a nasty little virus that rendered the machine nearly unusable. When the machine would.

This isn't strictly a linux/ubuntu issue but I thought you guys might have some suggestions. I've been having some problems with AIM--chat rooms randomly don't connect. I try and open a chat and nothing happens. ...

Today we have Keith Curtis returning for a new discussion on Linux. Curtis spent 11 years as a Software Design Engineer at Microsoft before.

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OpenOffice (openoffice.crg) is an office suite that is available for Linux or Windows. MS Office may not be able to read its native files, but OO can open MS Office files (not sure about Office 2007 yet) and can save files in a format ...

Therefore I would like to format the entire hard drive and install a Linux distribution on it. . . I have a lot of research on various Linux distributions and understand that Ubuntu, Fedora and FreeBSD / OpenBSD is the most stable ...