eab12345 id=00000 pgrp=abcdefgh groups=abcdefgh home=/home/eab12345 shell=/usr/bin/ksh gecos=AB/C/Y0000/ABC/XYZ RTYUI, LMNOP *CONTRACTOR* (AS 00000) auditclasses=general,files,TCPIP login=true su=true rlogin=true daemon=true admin=false sugroups=ALL admgroups= tpath=nosak ttys=ALL expires=0 auth1=SYSTEM auth2=NONE umask=00 registry=AD SYSTEM=AD logintimes= loginretries=5 pwdwarntime=5 account_locked=false minage=0 maxage=13 maxexpired=0 minalpha=1 minother=1 mindiff=1 maxrepeats=2 minlen=8 histexpire=13 histsize=8 pwdchecks= dictionlist=/abc/def/ghi/jkl default_roles= fsize=-1 cpu=-1 data=-1 stack=65536 core=000000 rss=65536 nofiles=2000 time_last_login=1512632113 time_last_unsuccessful_login=1505304923 tty_last_login=ssh tty_last_unsuccessful_login=ssh host_last_login=0.000.000.000 host_last_unsuccessful_login=0.000.000.000 unsuccessful_login_count=0 roles=

The above is a single row and i want to split values on the basis of <whitespaces>. Suppose the first key : eab12345 has null value but ended with white space. Similarly id=00000 ended with <whitespace>. But Gecos field contain spaces in between its values and if i split, i lose its whole value, For EX: gecos=AB/C/Y0000/ABC/XYZ RTYUI, LMNOP *CONTRACTOR* (AS 00000) contain <whitespaces> in its values. I cannot split using white spaces or else its value got merged with some other value. IS there any way i can have all the "key=values" in my array?(Doesn't matter values can be null or anything, in case its null there will be a whitespace, EX: admgroups= ) please help guys!

In reply to Splitting a long row with multiple delimiters. by dipit

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