title: Shell scripting using grep to split a string
body: <p>I have a variable in my shell script of the form</p>
  
  <pre><code>myVAR = "firstWord###secondWord"
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I would like to use grep or some other tool to separate into two variables such that the final result is:</p>
  
  <pre><code>myFIRST = "firstWord"
  mySECOND = "secondWord"
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>How can I go about doing this? #{3} is what I want to split on. </p>