#!/bin/bash echo "Enter the text file" read file even_file="evenfile" odd_file="oddfile" line_no=1 while IFS= read -r line;do if [ "$((line_no%2))" -eq 0 ]; then echo "$line" >> "$even_file" else echo "$line" >> "$odd_file" fi ((line_no++)) done<"$file" echo "Even and odd numbered lines transferres"