Does anyone know a linux command that can be used to read a single line from either input text or a file? I'm trying to find a way to pipe multi-lined output from one command to another command one line at a time, performing work on that line, then working on the next line.

TIA,
-Dogcow "moof!"

not to sound sarcastic...but get you
a book called

perl for dummies.....

I don't know the answer, but something like Perl, Sed or awk might do the trick