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[jestrada101]

Is there a way to get the character position from a string?

Thanks
JE

 

[tikual]

Do this command suit for you? 'cut -c'

tikual

 

[PHV]

Can you post an example of what you want to do (input stuff and output desired) ?

 

[Annihilannic]

Something like this perhaps:

[tt]echo "a test with Z in the middle" | nawk '{print match($0,"Z&quot}'[/tt]

Annihilannic.

 

[jestrada101]

Thanks! This is exactly what I was looking for.