How to split one string into multiple variables in bash shell? [duplicate]

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To split a string separated by -, you can use read with IFS:

$ IFS=- read -r var1 var2 <<< ABCDE-123456
$ echo "$var1"
ABCDE
$ echo "$var2"
123456

Edit:

Here is how you can read each individual character into array elements:

$ read -ra foo <<<"$(echo "ABCDE-123456" | sed 's/./& /g')"

Dump the array:

$ declare -p foo
declare -a foo='([0]="A" [1]="B" [2]="C" [3]="D" [4]="E" [5]="-" [6]="1" [7]="2" [8]="3" [9]="4" [10]="5" [11]="6")'

If there are spaces in the string:

$ IFS=$'\v' read -ra foo <<<"$(echo "ABCDE 123456" | sed $'s/./&\v/g')"
$ declare -p foo
declare -a foo='([0]="A" [1]="B" [2]="C" [3]="D" [4]="E" [5]=" " [6]="1" [7]="2" [8]="3" [9]="4" [10]="5" [11]="6")'

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