Re: Splitting in shell (bash)

On Sun, 10 Nov 2024 00:51:58 -0000 (UTC), Lem Novantotto wrote:

But you could have more using IFS.

IFS is the way to go.

If you want your change to IFS to be only temporary, you can restrict it
to a subshell by putting the code sequence in “( ... )”. But then you
cannot pass variables back to the parent shell.

Another option is to use a coproc command.