Splitting a variable in a shell script

[pd123]

Very new to this so bear with me.

I have a variable in a shell script which I would like to split into 2 variables when a ',' is encountered.

eg.
var = "some stuff,more stuff"

Into

var1 = "some stuff"
var2 = more stuff"

Thanks.

 

[grega]

I've already answered this on the Solaris forum, but ...

VAR1=$(echo $VAR | cut -d, -f1)
VAR2=$(echo $VAR | cut -d, -f2)

You could use awk as well, but this method is as good as any.

Greg.

 

[pd123]

I wasn't sure on the best place to post it.

Thanks anyway.

 

[gregor weertman]

IFS = Internal field separators. Default = " "


var="some stuff,more stuff"
IFS=,
set $var
echo $1
some stuff
echo $2
more stuff

IFS=" "
Gregor.Weertman@mailcity.com

 

[aigles]

Another method with IFS

var="first value,second value"
(
IFS=,
echo $var
) | read var1 var2
echo $var1 # => first value
echo $var2 # => second value Jean Pierre.