On Mon, Mar 03, 2008 at 07:48:49PM +0100, Brian wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I tried using bash to split a string. This works OK:
>
> echo "$teststring" | { read A B C D E F; echo "Data received = $E Bytes"; }
>
> The following does not (the value is empty):
>
> echo "$teststring" | { read A B C D E F; }
> echo "Data received = $E Bytes" <--- $E is empty
maybe
echo "$teststring" | ( read A B C D E F; )
why do you need the {} or ()
>
> I assume it has something to do with the read command being executed in
> a subshell.
>
> So how can I extract the parts I want into variables to use them later
> on in the script?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Cheers Brian
>
>
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