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# 1  
Old 12-31-2011
String variable question help plz
Dear all,
I have problem with string variable, I want to write script which do the following

read x
x="part1=part2"

then I want to sub the x variable for
x1="part1"
and
x2="part2"

Is that possible ??
# 2  
Old 12-31-2011
Code:
x1=$( echo $x | cut -f1 -d"=" )
x2=$( echo $x | cut -f2 -d"=" )

--ahamed
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# 3  
Old 12-31-2011
thank you its working, but if I want to return the column number in grep
ex:
a,b,c,d,e,f,g # in file1
grep d file1
I want output 4
# 4  
Old 12-31-2011
Code:
awk -F, '{ for(i=1;i<=NF;i++){if(srch==$i){print i;exit}} }' srch="d" infile

--ahamed
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khaled-hayek
# 5  
Old 12-31-2011
Thank you very much, I am new in script Smilie
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