#!/bin/bash
# Read a file word-by-word, line-by-line and character-by-character

# word-by-word
for i in $(cat $1) ; do
    echo "WORD: $i"
done
#done > file_out.txt  # If I would like to redirect the output on the file "file_out.txt"

# line-by-line
while read i ; do
  echo "LINE: $i"
done < $1
#done < $1 > file_out.txt      # If I would like to redirect the output on the file "file_out.txt"

# character-by-character
while read -n 1 i ; do
      echo "CHAR: $i"
done < $1