Shell Programming and Scripting

string1="A\nB\nC D E\nFG\nH";

for i in $string1; do
   mpla mpla
done

#!/usr/bin/bash              
string1="A\nB\nC D E\nFG\nH";
echo $string1 >temp          
while read a                 
do                           
echo "$a"                    
done <temp

string1="A\nB\nC D E\nFG\nH"
echo "$string1"

#!/bin/bash

## Define a string
string1="A\nB\nC D E\nFG\nH"

## Replace the \n's with a single character, since IFS
## can only be 1 character.
match='\\n'
replacement='|'
string2=$(echo ${string1//${match}/${replacement}})

## Change the input field seperator to $replacement
IFS="$replacement"

## Parse the string based on the IFS.
set -- $string2

echo "1: $1"
echo "2: $2"
echo "3: $3"
echo "4: $4"
echo "5: $5"

$ test2
1: A
2: B
3: C D E
4: FG
5: H
$

#!/bin/bash 
string1="A\nB\nC D E\nFG\nH"
OLDIFS="$IFS"
IFS="
"
        set -- `echo -e "$string1"`
IFS="${OLDIFS}"

echo $1
echo $2
echo $3
echo $4