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From: Bart Schaefer <schaefer@brasslantern.com>
To: DervishD <zsh@dervishd.net>, Zsh Users <zsh-users@sunsite.dk>
Subject: Re: Any easier way of parsing this file?
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 01:58:10 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1051019015810.ZM32176@candle.brasslantern.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20051018225336.GA957@DervishD>

On Oct 19, 12:53am, DervishD wrote:
}
}     The file contents are contained in a parameter (long story...),
} and they MUST be contained in a parameter.
} 
}     Is there any better way of parsing this file using Zsh and
} assuming that I may be interested in gathering the information for
} other labels in the future?

Use IFS.  That's what it's for.

	print -r $data | while IFS='=' read label content
	do
	    case $label in
	    SOMELABEL) : ... $content ... ;;
	    ANOTHERLABEL) : ... $content ... ;;
	    esac
	done


  parent reply	other threads:[~2005-10-19  1:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-10-18 22:53 DervishD
2005-10-18 22:59 ` DervishD
2005-10-19  1:58 ` Bart Schaefer [this message]
2005-10-19  7:37   ` DervishD
2005-10-19 15:48     ` Bart Schaefer
2005-10-19 19:29       ` DervishD

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