An easy way to specify a destination as a single input parameter and still be able to get the individual data elements back again.

output.txt

[klang@ergates bin]$ split_destination-test.sh
destination   user@host.with.full.domain:/full/path/to/install/package.ext
server        host.with.full.domain
servershort   host
user          user
fullpath      /full/path/to/install/package.ext
path          /full/path/to/install/
package       package.ext

split_destination-test.sh

#!/bin/bash

PWD=$(pwd)

source $PWD/split_destination.sh user@host.with.full.domain:/full/path/to/install/package.ext

echo "destination   $destination"
echo "server        $server"
echo "servershort   $servershort"
echo "user          $user"
echo "fullpath      $fullpath"
echo "path          $path"
echo "package       $package"

split_destination.sh

#!/bin/bash
# An easy way to specify a destination as a single input parameter is:
#  user@host.with.full.domain:/path/to/install/package.ext
# To get the individual data elements back again, this script can be used.

destination=$1

server=${destination/#*@/}
server=${server/:*/}
servershort=${server/\.*/}
user=${destination/@*/}
fullpath=${destination/*:/}
package=${destination/*\//}
path=${fullpath/$package/}