to separate values from a string - UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

ssuresh1999 · #1 10-06-2008

Hi
I would like to take input from user like username/password@connectstring

I should be able to cut the username and password and connect string
for example if someone enters like
sam/sammy@ora1

my program should take sam as username sammy as password and ora1 as connectstring and assign to different variables

Thanks in advance

vidyadhar85 · #2 10-06-2008

will this do??

Code:

 
read input?"enter value"
echo "$input"|awk -F\/ '{print $1$2}'

cfajohnson · #3 10-06-2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by ssuresh1999

if someone enters like

sam/sammy@ora1

my program should take sam as username sammy as password and ora1 as connectstring and assign to different variables

There is no need for any external command:
Code:
input=sam/sammy@ora1
up=${input%@*}
username=${up%/*}
password=${up#*/}
connectstring=${input#*@}

ssuresh1999 · #4 10-07-2008

Thanks so much for your answers

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