splitn.md

string splitn DELIMITER N [STRING]

This command will return split a string at the delimiter and return it as a JSON array.

Typical command line

    string splitn '|' 'one|two|three' 2

Would return ["one","two|three"]

Piping content

NOTE: To read content from standard input we use the -i - option.

    echo 'one|two|three' | string -i - splitn '|' 2

Would return ["one","two|three"]