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