115:wc -l:find . -iname "*test*":find /tmp/ -iname "*test*"
I would like to parse the string above.
In my case, a string consists of 4 columns (every command has : separator) but it can be much longer.
I want to "pull out" all the commands including initial number, starting with 115 and continuing with wc -l, -iname "*test*", find /tmp/ -iname "*test*" ... always without : separator.
My variable $var should get those values:
var= 115 , var= wc-l , var= find . -iname "*test*" , var= find /tmp/ -iname "*test*"
My code:
while read line;
do
while [[ $var -ne '0' ]];
do
var=$( echo $line | cut -d ':' -f$i )
i=$( expr $i + 1 )
echo $var
done
done <$1
I read lines from file and with second while I cut columns until empty one. Obviously, there is something wrong because echo do not print anything.
