How to split a file record

Shell Programming and Scripting
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-Hi, I have a problem with parcing/spliting a file record into two parts and assigning the split parts to two viriables. The record is as follows:

  ftrn   facc   ttrd   feed   xref   fsdb    fcp  ruldb   csdb   omom  fordr   ftxn  fodb    fsdc  texc   oxox   reng   ttrn   ttxn   fqdb   fcsh   foma   fcl1   fcl2   fnav   tgdb   aqdb   hfps   hfui   hfpu   hfdb psqport uiqport twgs   cedb   seng   grui   grag  hflm  lmqport

The colomns are separated by few spaces. I need to assign coloms 1 thru 31 to one variable and the rest to another variable. The spacing btw the colomns should be kept intact. Any ideas? Thanks a lot for help.

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tmp="ftrn facc ttrd feed xref fsdb fcp ruldb csdb omom fordr ftxn fodb fsdc texc oxox reng ttrn ttxn fqdb fcsh foma fcl1 fcl2 fnav tgdb aqdb hfps hfui hfpu hfdb psqport uiqport twgs cedb seng grui grag hflm lmqport"

tmp1=$(echo $tmp | cut -d" " -f1-31)

$ echo $tmp1
ftrn facc ttrd feed xref fsdb fcp ruldb csdb omom fordr ftxn fodb fsdc texc oxox reng ttrn ttxn fqdb fcsh foma fcl1 fcl2 fnav tgdb aqdb hfps hfui hfpu hfdb


tmp2=$(echo $tmp | cut -d" " -f32-)

$ echo $tmp2
psqport uiqport twgs cedb seng grui grag hflm lmqport
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If there are multiple spaces which should be preserved, you need to double-quote all variables.

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Thanks a lot. It worked great!!

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Era, you are right, unfortunatelly the spacing is not preserved. Can you please give me the example of how to preserve spacing between colomns. Thanks

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Era, can you plz give me the example, I am struggling with preserving the correct spacing. Thanks a lot for help and advice -Andrew