cut command help

Shell Programming and Scripting
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n2=user1 pts/3 2010-06-29 01

Now i want to split this string with space(' ') character.
After splitting output would be:

use1
pts/3
2010-06-29
01

I did:

nn=${n2} | cut -d ' ' -f2
echo ${nn}

It prints nothing.
I want the output:

pts/3

Where is the problem?

2 
n2=user1 pts/3 2010-06-29 01

This will not work, surround it with double brackets.

nn=${n2} | cut -d ' ' -f2

There is a missing echo in front of $ and either backticks in front of the commands and at the end or $().

Should look like:

$> n2="user1 pts/3 2010-06-29 01"
$> nn=`echo ${n2} | cut -d ' ' -f2`
$> echo $nn
pts/3
3

Try to assign n2 in double quotes..
n2="user2 pts..."