Comments on: Delimiters in Bash http://www.debianadmin.com/delimiters-in-bash.html Debian/Ubuntu Linux System Administration Tutorials,Howtos,Tips Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:24:32 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: xleo http://www.debianadmin.com/delimiters-in-bash.html/comment-page-1#comment-3642 xleo Fri, 11 Sep 2009 23:09:15 +0000 http://www.debianadmin.com/?p=855#comment-3642 Array version: IFS=":"; while read line; do array=($line); echo ${array[0]}; done < /etc/passwd Array version:

IFS=”:”; while read line; do array=($line); echo ${array[0]}; done < /etc/passwd

]]> By: garywk http://www.debianadmin.com/delimiters-in-bash.html/comment-page-1#comment-3617 garywk Tue, 01 Sep 2009 11:34:21 +0000 http://www.debianadmin.com/?p=855#comment-3617 I played around with your script for a while and got it to work after making a few modifications. #!/bin/bash IFS=”:” while read username pass auid agid agroup ahome ashell do echo $username echo $pass echo $auid echo $agid echo $agroup echo $ahome echo $ashell echo “--------” sleep 1 done < /etc/passwd exit 0 I played around with your script for a while and got it to work after making a few modifications.

#!/bin/bash

IFS=”:”

while read username pass auid agid agroup ahome ashell

do

echo $username

echo $pass

echo $auid

echo $agid

echo $agroup

echo $ahome

echo $ashell

echo “——–”

sleep 1

done < /etc/passwd

exit 0

]]> By: Jeff Price http://www.debianadmin.com/delimiters-in-bash.html/comment-page-1#comment-3226 Jeff Price Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:21:36 +0000 http://www.debianadmin.com/?p=855#comment-3226 The example was a dirty one, It may fail if the lines have comments such as # try this in a terminal IFS=":" read a b c d<<EOF Hello:World:Apples:Oranges EOF echo $a unset IFS The example was a dirty one, It may fail if the lines have comments such as #

try this in a terminal

IFS=”:”
read a b c d<<EOF
Hello:World:Apples:Oranges
EOF
echo $a
unset IFS

]]> By: Scott M http://www.debianadmin.com/delimiters-in-bash.html/comment-page-1#comment-3225 Scott M Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:46:46 +0000 http://www.debianadmin.com/?p=855#comment-3225 Hmm, not working for me. Outputs just a bunch of blank lines separated by the "--------" lines. I added #!/bin/bash at the top just to be sure and if I echo $line, it prints the lines from /etc/hosts without the colons, so it does appear to be doing something. Hmm, not working for me. Outputs just a bunch of blank lines separated by the “——–” lines.

I added #!/bin/bash at the top just to be sure and if I echo $line, it prints the lines from /etc/hosts without the colons, so it does appear to be doing something.

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