Shell scripting : split an output and assign it to different variables

Question

I have an output of a command/script as below...

63-19:48:47

I want a script to read it and print it as 63days 19hours 48mins 47seconds.

If it is just 19:48:47, then I want the same script to print as 19hours 48mins 47seconds.

Is there a way to split the output and assign it to different variables to achieve the abouve results or thru some other emans?...Please help me out.

Which shell are your using? bash?

chaos
– chaos

2014-01-29 09:55:41 +00:00
Commented Jan 29, 2014 at 9:55 — chaos
– chaos, Commented Jan 29, 2014 at 9:55
SHELL=/bin/ksh. Please let me know if that helps.

user3248174
– user3248174

2014-01-29 11:23:44 +00:00
Commented Jan 29, 2014 at 11:23 — user3248174
– user3248174, Commented Jan 29, 2014 at 11:23

Igor Chubin · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-29 16:47:20Z

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echo 63-19:48:47 | tr ':-' ' ' |read a b c d

Or if number of parameters is not strict (3 or 4):

set `echo 63-19:48:47 | tr ':-' ' '`
if [ -z "$4" ]
then
  day="$1"
  shift
fi
hour="$1"
min="$2"
sec="$3"

edited Jan 29, 2014 at 16:47

answered Jan 29, 2014 at 10:01

Igor Chubin

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user3248174 Over a year ago

tr: Not a recognized flag: : tr: 0653-712 The combination of options and String parameters is not legal. Usage: tr [ -[c|C] | -[c|C]ds | -[c|C]s | -ds | -s ] [-A] String1 String2 tr { -[c|C]d | -[c|C]s | -d | -s } [-A] String1

user3248174 Over a year ago

I am getting the above output

user3248174 Over a year ago

I used the same as above. My output was for above

Igor Chubin Over a year ago

I'm sorry! I've made a typo. Please see my edit and note that now it is :-, not -:. I'm sorry once again

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