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djscribble
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 Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 8:22 pm Post subject: [SOLVED] Bash - Arrays and Delimeters |
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Greetings,
I am working on a script and am having problems changing the delimeter that bash is using for arrays. Here is my sample/experiment script:
| Code: | #!/bin/bash
IFS='|'
array=(one two|three four)
echo ${array[0]}
echo ${array[1]} |
Here is the output:
| Code: | ./test: line 3: syntax error near unexpected token `|'
./test: line 3: `array=(one two|three four)'
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Any thoughts on how i might be able to make this work?
thanks!
Last edited by djscribble on Mon Feb 16, 2009 12:48 am; edited 1 time in total |
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easy target
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| Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 8:53 pm Post subject: |
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bash thinks that | is a pipe (or else...). You have to surround it with "".
Example code:
| Code: | #!/bin/bash
str="one two|three four"
tmp=$IFS
IFS="|"
declare -a array=($str)
IFS=$tmp
echo ${array[0]}
echo ${array[1]}
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djscribble
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| Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 12:48 am Post subject: |
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| works great -- THANKS!!! |
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