Splitting a variable (using awk?)

[pd123]

In a shell script I have a variable

con1 = "filename,table"

I want to parse this string and split at the ',' to create 2 new variables for each value

eg.
Store 'filename' in a variable and 'table' in a variable

Thanks.

 

[grega]

One method would be ...

VAR1=$(echo $CON1 | cut -d, -f1)
VAR1=$(echo $CON1 | cut -d, -f2)

Greg.

 

[grega]

One method would be ...

VAR1=$(echo $CON1 | cut -d, -f1)
VAR2=$(echo $CON1 | cut -d, -f2)

Greg.

 

[grega]

.. ignore that 1st reply ..

Greg.

 

[pd123]

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

Thanks anyway.