While loop stuck

To give a short description what i am doing in the script is reading from a regular text file for the directory structure and changing it to another format and creating the structure, but the problem is once it reads a line from the text file it fails on the second line, I am stuck with the while loop any suggestions please.
Thanks

The REQFILE has
/RIP/module/resources/com/res/app/email/htmlConfirmationEmailHP.txt
RIP/module/resources/com/crm/client/UserMessages.properties
RIP/module/config/html/BrandDetectorServlet.properties


Script:
#!/bin/ksh
STAGEDIR=/home/user/Patch/build_patch/lists
SCRIPTDIR=/home/user/Patch

REQFILE=rip_files.txt
START=(What should I put)
END=`cat $REQFILE|wc -l`
echo $END
while [ $START -lt $END ]
do
for FLPATHNM in `cat $REQFILE`
do
cd $STAGEDIR

FSTCHR=`echo $FLPATHNM|awk '{print substr($0,1,1)}'`
LSTCHR=`echo $FLPATHNM|awk '{print substr($0,length($0),1)}'`
if [ $FSTCHR = "/" ]
then FLPATHNM1=`echo $FLPATHNM|awk '{print substr($0,2,length($0))}'`
else FLPATHNM1=`echo $FLPATHNM`
fi
if [ $LSTCHR = "/" ]
then TFLPATHNM2=`echo $FLPATHNM1|awk '{print substr($0,1,length($0)-1)}'`
else TFLPATHNM2=`echo $FLPATHNM1`

fi
TFLPATHNM4=`echo $TFLPATHNM2|sed 's/RIP\/module\/resources/temp\/RIP\/lib\/resourcepatches/'`
TFLPATHNM4=`echo $TFLPATHNM2|sed 's/RIP\/module\/config/temp\/RIP\/lib\/configpatches/'`

FLPATHNM2=$TFLPATHNM4
LENPATH=`echo $FLPATHNM2|awk '{print length()}'`
SLSHFLG=0
SLSHPOS=X
while [ $SLSHFLG -ne 1 ] && [ $LENPATH -gt 0 ]
do
CHRLKCMP=`echo $FLPATHNM2|awk '{print substr($0,'$LENPATH',1)}'`
if [ $CHRLKCMP = "/" ]
then SLSHFLG=1
SLSHPOS=$LENPATH
fi
((LENPATH = LENPATH - 1))
done
((SLSHPOS = SLSHPOS + 1))
CDPATH=`echo $FILENM|awk '{print substr($0,1,'$LENPATH')}'`
FILENM=`echo $FILENM|awk '{print substr($0,'$SLSHPOS',length())}'`
FSTCHR=`echo $FLPATHNM2|awk '{print substr($0,1,1)}'`
if [ $FSTCHR = "/" ]
then FILENM=`echo $FLPATHNM2|awk '{print substr($0,2)}'`
else FILENM=$FLPATHNM2
fi
LENPATH=`echo $FILENM|awk '{print length()}'`
SLSHFLG=0
SLSHPOS=X
while [ $SLSHFLG -ne 1 ] && [ $LENPATH -gt 0 ]
do
CHRLKCMP=`echo $FILENM|awk '{print substr($0,'$LENPATH',1)}'`
if [ $CHRLKCMP = "/" ]
then SLSHFLG=1
SLSHPOS=$LENPATH
fi
((LENPATH = LENPATH - 1))
done
if [ $SLSHPOS = X ]
then echo "ERROR: "$FILENM": Path Specified Is Incorrect!"
continue
fi
((SLSHPOS = SLSHPOS + 1))
cd /home/user/Patch
CDPATH=`echo $FILENM|awk '{print substr($0,1,'$LENPATH')}'`
echo $CDPATH
FILENM=`echo $FILENM|awk '{print substr($0,'$SLSHPOS',length())}'`
if [ -a $SCRIPTDIR/$CDPATH ]
then cd $SCRIPTDIR/$CDPATH
cp $MODULEDIR/$TFLPATHNM2 $SCRIPTDIR/$CDPATH
else mkdir -p $CDPATH
cp $MODULEDIR/$TFLPATHNM2 $SCRIPTDIR/$CDPATH
continue
fi
echo "-> File: "$FILENM
done
done(end while loop)

Please use code tags. Based on what I think I can read.



Plus, do you really do need the second (inner) loop? You are reading all records in REQFILE in this inner loop as well.


In " pseudocode" this is what you are doing

I tried using

while read LINE
but it doesnot works
I need to read each line from the REQFILE
but the while loop does not so i have to do for FL `cat in REQFILE`
I have been stuck in this thing for hours
Thanks for the right suggestion about END
Thanks

This while loop reads text files.