Richard Neill wrote:
> $ echo ${stringZ:2: -1} #Wish: start at 2, read till
> ERROR #1 before the end. i.e.
> # cde
>
> $ echo ${stringZ: -3: -1} #Wish: start 3 back, read till
> ERROR #1 before the end. i.e.
Use (-1), i.e.
$ echo ${stringZ:2:(-1)}
See also
http://bash-hackers.org/wiki/doku.php/syntax/pe#substring_expansion (at
bottom of the section).
J.
