if the sting is always of the same size you can use cut -c CHARACTER-LIST
here some example: Code: > echo "ref_categorie=test" | cut -c1-15- test > echo "ref_categorie=test" | cut -c1-14- =test echo "ref_categorie=test" | cut -c15- test echo "ref_categorie=test" | cut -c15 t [/code] -------------------- m2f -------------------- Read this topic online here: http://forums.zenoss.com/viewtopic.php?p=28488#28488 -------------------- m2f -------------------- _______________________________________________ zenoss-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.zenoss.org/mailman/listinfo/zenoss-users
