#!/bin/bash
declare -A dic
test='status=OK key1=value1 key2=value2'
dic=()
arr=($test)
for i in "${arr[@]}"; do
key=`echo $i|awk -F'=' '{print $1}'`
value=`echo $i|awk -F'=' '{print $2}'`
printf "%s\t\n" "$i"
dic+=([$key]=$value)
done
echo ${dic["key1"]}
echo ${dic[*]}