UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

#!/bin/ksh

x="hello * world~something"
echo "$x" | cut -d'~' -f1

bash-3.00# awk -F~ '{print $1}' lineOfText
hello * world
bash-3.00# cut -d'~' -f1 lineOfText
hello * world

bash-3.00# cat test
#!/usr/bin/sh

var="hello * world~something"
echo "$var" | awk -F~ '{print $1}'
echo "$var" | cut -d'~' -f1

bash-3.00# ./test
hello * world
hello * world

#!/usr/bin/sh

var="hello * world~something"
echo $var | awk -F~ '{print $1}'
echo $var | cut -d'~' -f1

bash-3.00# ./test
hello testfile1 testfile2 testfile3 lineOfText test world
hello testfile1 testfile2 testfile3 lineOfText test world

var="hello * world~something"
var2=`echo "$var" | awk -F~ '{print $1}'`

echo $var2

#!/bin/ksh

x="hello * world~something"
y=$(echo "$x" | cut -d'~' -f1)
echo "y->[${y}]"