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How to separate First,Middle and Last Name from Full Name?
For Example:
I/O :- 1) Ashok Kumar
Requied Output:
First Name:Ashok
Middle Name:
Last Name:Kumar
I/O :- 2) Ashok K Kumar
Requied Output:
First Name:Ashok
Middle Name:K
Last Name:Kumar
I/O :- 3) Ashok K R Kumar
Requied Output:
First Name:Ashok
Middle Name:K R
Last Name:Kumar

I want all these within single script.In short,i want to separate first,middle and last name.

see if this work for all set of input ...for me it worked on the ones u gave

Code:

 
$ cat test.txt
Ashok Kumar
Ashok A K Kumar
Ashok K KUMAR
$

Code:

 
$ cat ./script.ksh
while read first i
do
last=`echo $i | /usr/bin/awk '{print $NF}'`
middle=`echo $i | /usr/bin/awk '{NF=NF -1; $1=$1 ; print}'`
echo "First name : $first"
echo "Middle name : $middle"
echo "Last name : $last"
done <test.txt
$

Output

$ ./script.ksh
First name : Ashok
Middle name : Kumar
Last name : Kumar
First name : Ashok
Middle name : A K
Last name : Kumar
First name : Ashok
Middle name : K
Last name : KUMAR
$