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# 1  
Old 10-11-2010
Split a line
I guess this has a simple solution but can't figure out now.

having:

x="H:aSmiliec"

to get H:

echo $x|awk -F: {'print $1'}


how can I put REST of line in another one? i.e.

echo $rest

aSmiliec

thanks

---------- Post updated at 08:58 PM ---------- Previous update was at 08:55 PM ----------

Well the hand icon should be a colon followed by a "b". Also lines have variable length.
# 2  
Old 10-11-2010
Please use [code] tags next time.
Code:
x="H:a:b:c"
var1=${x%%:*}
var2=${x#*:}

# 3  
Old 10-11-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by garagonp
...
how can I put REST of line in another one? ...
Code:
$ 
$ 
$ echo "H:a:b:c" | awk '{sub(/^[^:]*:/,"",$0); print $0}'
a:b:c
$ 
$ echo "H:a:b:c" | awk '{print substr($0,index($0,":")+1)}'
a:b:c
$ 
$

tyler_durden
# 4  
Old 10-12-2010
Code:
$ echo "$x"|sed 's/:/\n/'
H
a:b:c

or using danmero's (preferrable) sugggestion
Code:
$ echo "${x%%:*}"; echo "${x#*:}"
H
a:b:c

# 5  
Old 10-12-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by Scrutinizer
Code:
$ echo "$x"|sed 's/:/\n/'
H
a:b:c

or using danmero's (preferrable) sugggestion
Code:
$ echo "${x%%:*}"; echo "${x#*:}"
H
a:b:c

Scrutinizer could you please explain how Danmero's suggestion works?
# 6  
Old 10-12-2010
Hi Eagl€, danmero's suggestion uses parameter expansion
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