Forget it.. Solved..
WORD1="Hello"
WORD2="There"
WORD3="`echo \"$WORD1 \" | cut -c -10`"
echo -n "${WORD3}$WORD2"
So no matter how long $WORD1 is, it's trimmed to 10 characters..
-----Original Message-----
From: George Vieira [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2001 9:00 PM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: CUT
Importance: High
Hi all,
Is there a way to get this to work without getting $WORD2 on the next
line...?
#!/bin/bash
WORD1="Hello"
WORD2="World"
echo -n "$WORD1 " | cut -c -10
echo "$WORD2"
Problem here is that "cut" adds a CR at the end and there's no switch to
tell it not to.. so I end up with
Hello
World
and not
Hello World
Any ideas on anothe method.. (please no loops, that take too long unless
someone codes C for me)...
thanks,
George.
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