Redirect output to a bash array

Question

I have a file containing the string

ipAddress=10.78.90.137;10.78.90.149

I\'d like to place these two IP addresses in a bash array. To achie

Answer 1

This one works:

n=(`grep -i ipaddress filename | cut -d"=" -f2 | tr ';' ' '`)

EDIT: (improved, nestable version as per Dennis)

n=($(grep -i ipaddress filename | cut -d"=" -f2 | tr ';' ' '))