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  1. #!/bin/bash
  2. s='bob mary mike bill kim jim john'
  3. awk '{for(i=1;i<NF;i++) print $i,$(i+1)}' <<< "$s"
Success #stdin #stdout 0.01s 5448KB
stdin
Standard input is empty
stdout
bob mary
mary mike
mike bill
bill kim
kim jim
jim john