How can I read a list of filenames from a file in bash?

Question

I\'m trying to write a bash script that will process a list of files whose names are stored one per line in an input file, something the likes of

find . -type f          


        

Answer 1

Use read:

while read F  ; do
        echo $F
done 

Alternatively use IFS to change how the shell separates your list:

OLDIFS=$IFS
IFS="
"
for F in $(cat /tmp/filelist.txt) ; do
  echo $F
done
IFS=$OLDIFS

Alternatively (as suggested by @tangens), convert the body of your loop into a separate script, then use find's -exec option to run if for each file found directly.