#!/bin/bash LIST="${1}" PROJECT_ID="${2}" if [ ! -f "${LIST}" ]; then echo "Not a file list" exit 2 fi while IFS= read -r line; do printf "INSERT INTO mantis_category_table (project_id, user_id, name, status) VALUES('%s', '0', '%s', '0');\n" "${PROJECT_ID}" "${line}" done < "${LIST}"