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Shell script to get rid the " - " on a string! how? [message #128078]

Thu, 14 July 2005 20:31

azoldman
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Registered: July 2005
Location: Phoenix

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Hi, I'm writting a simple shell script that can do the following thing:

$strA = abc-def, and my question is how to loop the string till it reaches the " - ", then save the "def" as a new string, $strB = def

Thanks all,

Sun

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Re: Shell script to get rid the " - " on a string! how? [message #128093 is a reply to message #128078]

Fri, 15 July 2005 00:46

Frank Naude
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Registered: April 1998

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$ export strA=abc-def
$ echo $strA
abc-def
$ export strB=`echo $strA | cut -d"-" -f2`
$ echo $strB
def

Best regards.

Frank

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Re: Shell script to get rid the " - " on a string! how? [message #128124 is a reply to message #128078]

Fri, 15 July 2005 04:32

azoldman
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Registered: July 2005
Location: Phoenix

Junior Member

Thanks for your quick replied, Frank!!

May be I didn't state my question clearly in which the $strA could be "abcdef-ghijk" or "abcdefghij-klmnop", etc , so I'm looking for a way that could do some looping till it reaches
" - " ( no idea where the " - " appear on the $strA ), and save whatever comes after " - " into the $strB.

$strA = abcdef-ghijk
$strB = ghijk

or

$strA = abcdefghij-klmnop
$strB = klmnop

Best Regards,

Sun

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Re: Shell script to get rid the " - " on a string! how? [message #128173 is a reply to message #128124]

Fri, 15 July 2005 09:41

Frank Naude
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Registered: April 1998

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Just try it!

Best regards.

Frank

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