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-a test.example.com -a next.example.com -a last.example.comI'm trying to code a bash script that will cut the file up, and only give me the *.example.com portions. I imagine I'll need the cut command (or multiple cut commands). Something like this:

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list=`cat thefile | cut -d"-"I know that's not a working example, but I wanted to see if anyone else had attempted something similar before and could give me an example. The number of entries can be variable and the domain names can of course be anything, but it will always be in the same format and on one line.

Solutions:

Say for example

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$ a="-a test.example.com -a next.example.com -a last.example.com"
$ set -- $(echo ${a//-a/})
$ echo $@
test.example.com next.example.com last.example.com
$ echo $1
test.example.com
$ echo $2
next.example.com
$ echo $3
last.example.comin a file

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while read -r line
do
    set -- ${line//-a/}
    echo $1 
    echo $2
    echo $3
done < "file"

PS: That will gets you running in the right direction. I think, if you do not know the number of entries in the file, you can play and get that from "echo $@" I think.

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