[ale] Read multiple variables

[leam hall]

Ah...

grep person /etc/passwd | awk -F":" '{ print $3, $4, $5 }' |while read U G C
do
 echo U is $U, G is $G, and it's $C"
done


On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 8:35 AM, leam hall <leamhall at gmail.com> wrote:

> Well, I used to know how to do this. Trying to get multiple variables set
> in one line:
>
> while read UID GID COMMENT
> do
>  echo UID is $UID, GID is $GID, and it's $COMMENT"
> done < grep person /etc/passwd | awk -F":" '{ print $3, $4, $5 }'
>
> Does not work well at all. Any ideas?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Leam
>
> --
> Mind on a Mission <http://leamhall.blogspot.com/>
>



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