loop through files and feed contents to a script to process them

gistfile1.sh

# where patterns are in files numbered like pattern_file_01.txt
for pattern in `ls pattern_file_??.txt`
do
  STRING=`cat $pattern`
  php -f myCleverScipt.php -- $STRING
done

# where patterns are single lines of a single file

while read line
do
  # do something with the line here
done << myFileOfPatterns.txt

# one line - do not put semicolon after do
while read line ;do echo $line ; othercmd ; sleep 4 ; done << myFileOfPatterns.txt