java split tab分割_如何在由tab分隔的bash中拆分字符串 (How to split a string in bash delimited by tab)...

If your file look something like this (with tab as separator):

1st-field 2nd-field

you can use cut to extract the first field (operates on tab by default):

$ cut -f1 input

1st-field

If you're using awk, there is no need to use tail to get the last line, changing the input to:

1:1st-field 2nd-field

2:1st-field 2nd-field

3:1st-field 2nd-field

4:1st-field 2nd-field

5:1st-field 2nd-field

6:1st-field 2nd-field

7:1st-field 2nd-field

8:1st-field 2nd-field

9:1st-field 2nd-field

10:1st-field 2nd-field

Solution using awk:

$ awk 'END {print $1}' input

10:1st-field

Pure bash-solution:

#!/bin/bash

while read a b;do last=$a; done < input

echo $last

outputs:

$ ./tab.sh

10:1st-field

Lastly, a solution using sed

$ sed '$s/\(^[^\t]*\).*$/\1/' input

10:1st-field

here, $ is the range operator; i.e. operate on the last line only.

For your original question, use a literal tab, i.e.

x="1st-field 2nd-field"

echo ${x% *}

outputs:

1st-field