unexpected token error

From: Reuben (reuben_at_presence-systems.com)
Date: 07/20/05 

Date: 20 Jul 2005 02:57:35 -0700

Why do I get the errors:

./test.sh: line 8: syntax error near unexpected token `$filelist'
./test.sh: line 8: `done < cat $filelist'

when I run this script...

#/!bin/bash
#Set the name of the temporary filelist name
filelist="filelist1.txt"

while read line
do
        echo $line | awk ' { print $1 } '
done < cat $filelist

What's the correct way to do this?

Regards

Reuben
reuben@presence-systems.com

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