#!/bin/bash

# expects a single command-line argument, a string of desired field
#     separators, and then asks the user to type in something,
#     which it then reads in based on the desired field separators
#     into 4 variables, whose contents are then output to standard output
#
# by: Sharon Tuttle
# last modified: 12-2-12

# comment and uncomment to play with export impact
# export IFS=$1
IFS=$1

echo "please type in something, followed by enter:"
read first second third fourth

echo "<\$first> is <$first>"
echo "<\$second> is <$second>"
echo "<\$third> is <$third>"
echo "<\$fourth> is <$fourth>"