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try this...

Code:

i=0
echo $name | tr '\040' '\012' | while read output
do 
  myval[i]=$output
  i=`expr $i + 1`
done

Last edited by Franklin52; 09-10-2010 at 08:37 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags and indent your code, thanks!

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thanks for everyone's help. I got it working I think.

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