How to split a string in bash delimited by /

Question

I have to split a string in a bash script by "/" but I tried:

for i in $(echo $www | tr "/")

But it did not work, any suggestion ?

Thanks a lot.

Answer 1

Your trick would work, if you would tell tr, what slash should be translated into:

for w in $(echo "what/the/heck" | tr "/" " ") ; do echo $w; done 
what
the
heck