split in bash

2008-07-02, 12:04(-04), Wayne:
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>Then, what is the best way to split a string in bash?
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echo ${s%%,*} # everything up to the last comma in s

No, that's everything up to the *first* comma in s if s contains
a comma or s in full if not (and subject to word splitting,
globbing and echo transformations as you forgot to quote it and
used echo).

${s%,*} for everything up to the last comma (or s in full if s
doesn't contain a comma).

echo ${s,} # everything after the last comma in s
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or s in full if s doesn't contain a comma.

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