On Sun, Feb 01, 2004 at 01:38:44AM +0000, Daniela wrote: > I was wondering how I can do the following with sed (or another program): > 1. Output only the text from the start of the line to the first pipe character > 2. Output only the text between the last and the previous pipe character > Or, split the line at the pipe characters and assign the parts to different > shell variables.
#!/bin/sh test="one|two|three" set `echo "$test" | sed -e 's/\|/ /g'` # $1="one", $2="two", $3="three": echo $@ -- Jez Hancock - System Administrator / PHP Developer http://munk.nu/ http://jez.hancock-family.com/ - Another FreeBSD Diary http://ipfwstats.sf.net/ - ipfw peruser traffic logging _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
