shell script to loop through file?

[erikcw]

Hi all,

I'm moving my listserv into a new program. I need to add all my subscribers to the list.

I have a .txt file with one email per line. I want to loop through the file and add each address.

loop
python jmlm.py -s [e-mail]
end loop

How can I accomplish this?

Thanks!
Erik

[ChadSEO]

Erik,

Assuming that the file the addresses is in is called email_list, then this should work for you:

cat email_list ¦ xargs python jmlm.py -s

xargs executes commands based on input. Hopefully that works for you, let me know if you have any problems. Oh, and make sure to replace the ¦ with a real pipe (WebmasterWorld changes it).

Chad

[erikcw]

Thanks for the help.

A problem though, it only seems to add the first email address in the file.

temp.txt

[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

The listserv script takes 1 email address at a time

python jmlm.py -s [e-mail]

So how can I loop through each of the emails in the file and run them through the python script?

Thanks!
Erik

[ChadSEO]

Erik,

Give this a try, see if it works any better for you:

cat email_list ¦ xargs -i python jmlm.py -s {}

Chad

[erikcw]

worked like a charm! Awesome! thanks!

Erik