Re: Splitting variable into two numbers

[Chris F.A. Johnson]

On Tue, 20 Jul 2021, lisa-asket@perso.be wrote:
> I would like to split a variable containing two numbers delimited by a comma
>
> and transfer the two numbers into two variables p and q.
>
> Input:
>
> var="{5,8}"
>
> Output:
>
> p=5
>
> q=8

var="{5,8}"
IFS=, read p q <<< "${var//[\{\}]/}"

echo "p=$p"
echo "q=$q"

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