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From: Lem Novantotto <Lem@none.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Splitting in shell (bash)
Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2024 13:28:32 -0000 (UTC)
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Il Sun, 10 Nov 2024 01:25:49 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro ha scritto:

> IFS is the way to go.

I agree.

I've thought of it again, but besides the fact that IFS can handle only 
one-char delimiters (which wasn't the matter in the OP's example)... I 
actually cannot fancy any major issues with it (that furthermore would 
need a fix). My bad, maybe.
-- 
Bye, Lem