Split arguments up for vhost substitution

splitter.sh

#! /bin/bash

#
# - For example:
#
# VHOSTS="xmpp.surevine.com|locahost:3000|websocket;stats.surevine.com|localhost:8080" ./splitter.sh
#

VHOST_SEPARATOR=";"
PARAM_SEPARATOR="|"

echo "Processing: $VHOSTS"

vhosts=$(echo $VHOSTS | tr $VHOST_SEPARATOR "\n")
for vhost in $vhosts
do
   IFS="$PARAM_SEPARATOR" read -a params <<< "$vhost"
   domain="${params[0]}"
   proxy="${params[1]}"
   conf="${params[2]}"
   
   if [ -z "$conf" ]; then
     conf="default"
   fi
   echo -e "\n$domain \n======================\n\
   Proxy :\t $proxy\n\
   Conf :\t $conf"
done