Unix Shell - Re: How to convert a shell string (separated by spaces) to a shell

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Re: How to convert a shell string (separated by spaces) to a shell

Bruce Barnett

2007-02-26, 1:21 am

melroysoares@hotmail.com writes:

> Let's say I have a shell string a = " this is a shell string" . How do
> I convert it
> into an array (in C-shell) so that each word in the string is an
> element.

Besides the other comments, in csh, you use

set a = "this is a shell string"
set b = ( $a )
echo $b[1] $b[2]

outputs "this is"

As Chris points out - Beware the C shell.

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