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I don't know this is possible with select as it works, as you've likely 
figured out, you end up with each line being split across different 
select options.  You might be able to build your own select by using 
something like:

while read foo; do
...
...
...
done < file_that_contains_the_data_you_mentioned

As the read above will stick the whole line into the variable.

The difficult part is likely going to be filling in the rest of the code. :(

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey


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