Question

I am trying to do the following.

foo="foo:foo1"
cc= `$foo | cut -f2 -d:`

I understand why this would not work but I am at a loss as to do this.

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Try this:

foo="foo:foo1"
cc=`echo $foo | cut -f2 -d:`

There are 2 changes to make:

• You need to echo the value of shell
  variable foo and then cut it.
• You must not have white spaces around =
  when assigning a value to a shell
  variable.