Shell Scripting Question

[Sunny Dubey <dubeys@bxscience.edu>]

(sorry if this got send to the list twice)

Hi,

I have a file which as a list of varions itmes (example below)

# /usr/food/fruits.txt
banana medium yellow
apple small red
watermelon big green
plum small red
etc etc etc ...

when I create the following loop ...

for $fruit in `cat /usr/food/fruits.txt` &&
        do echo $fruit
        some code with $fruit &&
        some more code with $fruit &&
done

it prints the list, but with each word on a seperate line (as followed)

banana
medium
yellow
apple
etc etc etc ...

my question is, how do I get it to print the list with each line as the 
variable $fruit, as opposed to $fruit being each word.

Thanks it advanced for any help  :^)

Sunny Dubey