Shell Programming and Scripting

 
task123,TERMINAL,glob,5,INITIAL,2012-02-27 16:48:07,PREPARING,2012-02-27 16:49:06,SCHEDULED,2012-02-27 16:49:06,TRANSLATING,2012-02-27 16:49:07,TERMINAL,2012-02-27 16:50:52
task345,COMPLETE,glob2,6,INITIAL,2012-02-27 16:48:07,PREPARING,2012-02-27 16:49:06,SCHEDULED,2012-02-27 16:49:07,TRANSLATING,2012-02-27 16:49:22,LOADING,2012-02-27 16:50:53,COMPLETE,2012-02-27 16:50:53

while IFS=, read job status glob cnt rest
do
    eval $(echo $rest | awk -F, '{for(i=1;i<NF;i+=2)print "v_"$i"=\""$(i+1)"\""}')
 
    # Your code goes here....
    echo "Task: " $job
    echo "Status: " $status
    echo "INITIAL: " $v_INITIAL
 
    #Unset all vars for next loop around
    eval $(echo $rest | awk -F, '{for(i=1;i<NF;i+=2)print "unset v_"$i}')
done < infile

#!/bin/bash

IFS=","
while read LINE
do
        set -- $LINE

        TERMINAL=
        INITIAL=
        PREPARING=
        SCHEDULED=
        TRANSLATING=

        TASK=$1
        shift        

        while [ "$#" -gt 0]
        do
                VAR=$1
                shift
                read $VAR <<<"$1"
        done
done