bash read input word for word

[Lord_Zelo]

I am pretty new to bash scripting so bare with me...

I am trying to write a script that will take an input and read it word for word and then DO something with it like echo. I have been able to find how to read word for word from a file but I don't know how to do it with input.

I was looking for something like

#!/bin/bash

INPUT="${1}"

for WORD in ${INPUT}
do
  echo $WORD
done

exit 0

The input would be A-Z a-z 0-9 and have a single space between each word. Any help or direction would be Much appreciated.

[nmset]

You have not specified about what you need help. Your script sounds error free. You just have to enclose your single argument in quotes :

your_script.sh "orange and green"

[Lord_Zelo]

Argh... I had mistyped something in the script and managed to fix it when I typed the code in my forum post.

Thanks for pointing that out and I will make sure to explain my problem and the error better next time.

Thanks!