Read field by field between field separator

[punticci]

Hi, is there a way to read the fields between the field separator? I mean, for example, i have a file structured in this way:

#@;field1#@;field2#@;field3#@;field4#@;field5#@;fi eld6
ok, now i want to make something like this :

temp=${ENDROW##*#@;} field1=`printf '"%s"\n' "${temp%%#@;*}"
where ENDROW is because i made a while condition before:
ENDROW=""
while read ENDROW;
do
temp=${ENDROW##*#@;} field1=`printf '"%s"\n' "${temp%%#@;*}"
So i have to read the first field and find that between the first #@; and the second #@; there is the filed1 and go on in this way. The solution i posted doesn't go and the fields are empty :( any suggestion?Thanks

[steeldriver]

Not sure what you're asking exactly? you can read into an array something like


IFS=";" read -a array < fieldfile

Then strip the #@ substrings with ${field//#@/}


$ for field in ${array[@]}; do echo "${field//#@/}"; done

field1
field2
field3
field4
field5
field6


Or you could try


IFS="#@;" read -a array < fieldfile

then you don't need to strip anything (and also don't get the empty 0th field)



$ for field in ${array[@]}; do echo "$field"; done
field1
field2
field3
field4
field5
field6