Extract version number from file in shell script

Question

I\'m trying to write a bash script that increments the version number which is given in

{major}.{minor}.{revision}

For example.

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Answer 1

Awk makes it quite simple:

echo "1.2.14" | awk -F \. {'print $1,$2, $3'} will print out 1 2 14.

flag -F specifies separator.

If you wish to save one of the values:

firstVariable=$(echo "1.2.14" | awk -F \. {'print $1'})