bash split a string with delimiter

Here’s how to split a string that contains a delimeter.

String

server-boot;server-data

Split the string and print on every line.

data="server-boot;server-data"
for i in $(echo $data | tr ";" "\n"); do
  echo $i
done

Result

server-boot
server-data

Send output to a file

file="output.txt"
> $file
data="server-boot;server-data"
for i in $(echo $data | tr ";" "\n"); do
  echo $i >> $file
done