bash - trouble splitting a string by line and colon -
i know how split string such colon using ifs. however, script writing, running command returns me in format of
birthday : mon, date, year first day : mon, date, year
i want date of birthday. in order that, doing:
ifs=: read -r -a datearr <<< "$dates" echo "${datearr[1]}"
which ideally print date comes after "birthday :", unfortunately nothing printing. tips? should split string line well?
the expected output i'd is: mon, date, year (corresponding birthday field)
this tailor made job awk
custom field separator:
awk -f '[[:blank:]]*:[[:blank:]]*' '{print $2}' file mon, date, year mon, date, year
note ifs=:
, string left padded spaces:
while ifs=: read -r -a datearr; echo "${datearr[1]}"; done < file mon, date, year mon, date, year
you can use remove spaces:
while ifs=: read -r -a datearr; echo "${datearr[1]//[[:blank:]]}"; done < file mon,date,year mon,date,year
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