Shell Programming and Scripting

 
echo "Enter the string : \c"
read line
name=`echo $line | awk -F"\t" '{print $1}'`
age=`echo $line | awk -F"\t" '{print $2}'`
address=`echo $line | awk -F"\t" '{print $3}'`

+ echo Enter the string : \c
Enter the string : + read line
john teth       45      1st cross, stmark road
+ + echo john teth 45 1st cross, stmark road
+ awk -F\t {print $1}
name=john teth 45 1st cross, stmark road
+ + echo john teth 45 1st cross, stmark road
+ awk -F\t {print $2}
age=
+ + echo john teth 45 1st cross, stmark road
+ awk -F\t {print $3}
address=

IFS=$'\t' read name age address

IFS=$'\t' read name age address

 
IFS=" " read name age address