parse.zsh

# Purpose: Read a file and parse each line into two variables
# File Format
#      Each line is a space separated set of fields
#      $first - the first field in the file
#      $rest  - all remaining fields in the file
while read i
do
  echo $i
  first=${i[(w)0]}
  print "\tFirst: $first\n"
  rest=${i[(w)1:2]}
  print "\tRest:  $rest\n"
done < test_file