If you have a string "one two three", which shell command would you

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If you have a string "one two three", which shell command
would you use to extract the strings?

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If you have a string "one two three", which shell command would you use to extract the s..

Answer / swaroopa

Below methods will work. You could use either cut or awk

echo "read data"
read data

echo $data | cut -f1 -d" "
echo $data | cut -f2 -d" "
echo $data | cut -f3 -d" "

echo $data |awk -F" " '{print $1}'
echo $data |awk -F" " '{print $2}'
echo $data |awk -F" " '{print $3}'

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If you have a string "one two three", which shell command would you use to extract the s..

Answer / rachana

Cut command

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If you have a string "one two three", which shell command would you use to extract the s..

Answer / seshadri sethi

echo $string | cut -d” ” -f1
echo $string | cut -d” ” -f2
echo $string | cut -d” ” -f3

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If you have a string "one two three", which shell command would you use to extract the s..

Answer / narendrasairam

Though cut command works, if the string is too long you cant
expect redundancy in the code. So, better to translate the
spaces first and then reading the lines.

echo "enter the string :"
read string

echo $string | tr " " "\n" | sed '/^$/d' > lines.out

while read line
do
echo $line
done < lines.out

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If you have a string "one two three", which shell command would you use to extract the s..

Answer / asit pal

echo $a | tr " " "\n" | head -1
echo $a | tr " " "\n" | head -2
echo $a | tr " " "\n" | head -3

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