fish-shell/doc_src/cmds/string-split.rst
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string-split - split strings by delimiter
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Synopsis
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.. BEGIN SYNOPSIS
.. synopsis::
string split [(-m | --max) MAX] [-n | --no-empty] [-q | --quiet]
[-r | --right] SEP [STRING ...]
string split0 [(-m | --max) MAX] [-n | --no-empty] [-q | --quiet]
[-r | --right] [STRING ...]
.. END SYNOPSIS
Description
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.. BEGIN DESCRIPTION
``string split`` splits each *STRING* on the separator *SEP*, which can be an empty string. If **-m** or **--max** is specified, at most MAX splits are done on each *STRING*. If **-r** or **--right** is given, splitting is performed right-to-left. This is useful in combination with **-m** or **--max**. With **-n** or **--no-empty**, empty results are excluded from consideration (e.g. ``hello\n\nworld`` would expand to two strings and not three). Exit status: 0 if at least one split was performed, or 1 otherwise.
Use **-f** or **--fields** to print out specific fields. Unless **--allow-empty** is used, if a given field does not exist, then the command exits with status 1 and does not print anything.
See also the **--delimiter** option of the :ref:`read <cmd-read>` command.
``string split0`` splits each *STRING* on the zero byte (NUL). Options are the same as ``string split`` except that no separator is given.
``split0`` has the important property that its output is not further split when used in a command substitution, allowing for the command substitution to produce elements containing newlines. This is most useful when used with Unix tools that produce zero bytes, such as ``find -print0`` or ``sort -z``. See split0 examples below.
.. END DESCRIPTION
Examples
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.. BEGIN EXAMPLES
::
>_ string split . example.com
example
com
>_ string split -r -m1 / /usr/local/bin/fish
/usr/local/bin
fish
>_ string split '' abc
a
b
c
>_ string split --allow-empty -f1,3,5 '' abc
a
c
NUL Delimited Examples
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
::
>_ # Count files in a directory, without being confused by newlines.
>_ count (find . -print0 | string split0)
42
>_ # Sort a list of elements which may contain newlines
>_ set foo beta alpha\ngamma
>_ set foo (string join0 $foo | sort -z | string split0)
>_ string escape $foo[1]
alpha\ngamma
.. END EXAMPLES