> There must be some kind of split in sh, no?

Very basic:  try the "cut" command.  See man/info page for details.

For advanced and cool special bash features:  see the "Shell Parameter
Expansion" node under the "Shell Expansions" node in the bash info pages,
particularly the descriptions of the string operators beginning with the
entry for:

`${PARAMETER#WORD}'
`${PARAMETER##WORD}'

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