On Mon, Jun 23, 2003 at 11:25:37AM +0100, David selby wrote: > In bash how can I split a string eg ... > > var1=0624todaysfile > > I want var2 to equal the first 4 digits, ie 0624 > My first instinct was cut but this is for files only, head & tail are of > no use ...
echo $var1 |cut -c 5-${#var1}
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hugh
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