Q:

Bash script: how to make two variables from a string?

I have a list file that contains server names and IP addresses.
How would I go about reading each line, and separating it into two variables that will be used to complete other commands?
Sample in MyList:
server01.mydomain.com 192.168.0.23
server02.testdomain.com 192.168.0.52

intended script
#!/bin/bash
MyList="/home/user/list"
while read line
do
   echo $line #I see a print out of the hole line from the file
   "how to make var1 ?" #want this to be the hostname
   "how to make var2 ?" #want this to be the IP address
   echo $var1
   echo $var2
done < $MyList

A:

Just pass multiple arguments to read:
while read host ip
do
    echo $host
    echo $ip
done

If there is a third field you don't want to read into $ip, you can create a dummy variable for that:
while read host ip ignored
do
    # ...
done

