#!/bin/bash # iterating line-by-line over the input file #numOfPeople=`cat $1 | grep $2 | wc -l` #echo "Num. of people from $2 is $numOfPeople" # iterating line-by-line while read line do name=`echo $line | cut -d " " -f 1` age=`echo $line | cut -d " " -f 2` country=`echo $line | cut -d " " -f 3` echo "Person $name (from $country) is $age years old" done < $1