Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 02:39:38 -0700 (PDT) From: Unga <unga888@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: string split, bash and IFS Message-ID: <499449.17617.qm@web57002.mail.re3.yahoo.com>
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Hi all
How to use bash and IFS to split a string?
eg.
$string = "Name:Surname:10"
IFS=:
echo "$string" | read name surname age
This does not work for some reason. The read does not create name, surname and age variables. Any idea why?
Appreciate your reply.
Kind regards
Unga
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