Use the right tool for the job. At some point you need to consider
switching to a different language. In Python the task is trivial. This is
from an iPython interactive session:

In [1]: data = ['md5sum#1  pathname#1', 'md5sum#2  pathname#2']

In [2]: data = [d.split() for d in data]

In [3]: data
Out[3]: [['md5sum#1', 'pathname#1'], ['md5sum#2', 'pathname#2']]

In [4]: checksums, pathnames = zip(*data)

In [5]: checksums
Out[5]: ('md5sum#1', 'md5sum#2')

In [6]: pathnames
Out[6]: ('pathname#1', 'pathname#2')




On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 10:43 PM, <meino.cramer@gmx.de> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have a looooooong list, whgich consists
> of a 32 character long checksum (from md5sum),
> two spaces and a absolute path with the checksummed file.
>
> I want to split each line into two parts:
> the checksum and the path/file and assign each part
> to a separate variable.
>
> I tried to put this into a one-liner and failed using
> ${(s:  :)line}.
>
> How can I do that?
>
> Best regards and have a nice weekend!
> Best regards,
> mcc
>
>
>
>


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