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Old 02-15-2005, 03:26 AM   #1
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how to manipulate string in script?

for example:
if a string str ="abcde",and now I want get first 4 characters out from the string,
how should I do?
 
Old 02-15-2005, 03:33 AM   #2
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bash only way:
Code:
${str:0:4}
portable way:
Code:
expr "$str" : '\(.\{4\}\)'
The latter doesn't output anything if the wariable length is less than 4.
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Old 02-17-2005, 01:14 AM   #3
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Another portable method:

echo asdfgh|cut -c1-4
asdf
 
  


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