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this solution also has the benefit that if delimiter is not present, the var2 will be empty
– Martin Serrano
Commented Jan 11, 2018 at 4:34
The read does not work inside loops with input redirects. read will pick a wrong file descriptor to read from.
– akwky
Commented Feb 24, 2020 at 10:59
I initially gave this answer a plus as an elegant solution, but now figured out it works differently on Bash v3 and v4, thereby doesn't work on macos with pre-installed bash v3. Unfortunatelly I can't downvote the answer now since the vote is locked :(
– Jerry Green
Commented Nov 11, 2020 at 14:30
A more general, correct, way: IFS=- read -r -d '' var1 var2 < <(printf %s "ABCDE-123456"). The -r -d '' and <(printf %s ...) are important
– Fravadona
Commented Jan 21, 2022 at 10:22
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@akwky: Use an alternate file descriptor. while read -r line <&3; do ssh_or_something "$line"; done 3<file
– Dennis Williamson
Commented Jun 24, 2022 at 0:14

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