[GRASSLIST:4621] Re: String splitting in BASH...

[Hamish]

> What I would like to do is:
> 
> RET = echo "select age, cover from play_att where link_key = $MYCAT" |
> db.select -c`
> 
> where RET will look something like "100|1002".  I then use BASH to
> string split RET and assign to AGE and COVER (both integers).  
> This would elliminate one database query and would speed things up
> further.    
> 
> But I can't figure out how to do this string-splitting in BASH!!


awk will certainly work. many ways to solve a problem.

here's another, maybe more simple:


AGE=`echo "$RET" | cut -f1 -d'|'`
COVER=`echo "$RET" | cut -f2 -d'|'`




Hamish