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by **David SEGON** » Fri, 01 Mar 1996 04:00:00

Hello,

Jean-Paul> How can I get a substring of a string with csh for
Jean-Paul> example the first 5 characters of a string of 10 chars

Here is one solution for your problem!

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#!/bin/csh

echo $1
echo $1 | awk '{ print substr($1,1,5) }'
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by **Bernhard Rossbot** » Tue, 05 Mar 1996 04:00:00

> : Hello,

> : Jean-Paul> How can I get a substring of a string with csh for
> : Jean-Paul> example the first 5 characters of a string of 10 chars

> How about:

> echo <string>|cut -l1-5

Save a process per day:

expr "String" : '$.....$'

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csh: printing substring of a string

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csh: printing substring of a string