sed string manipulation

[bourgui]

Hi all,

I've this as value in a string : ABCDEFGH and I'd like to cut it by keeping only the last character 'H'. Keep in mind the value in the string could be less or more characters as in the example.

Can you tell me if it's possible to do it with a sed command ?

Thx in advance,
J-L.

 

[PHV]

Something like this ?
string="ABCDEFGH"
LastChar=`echo "$string" | sed 's!.*\(.\)!\1!'`

Hope This Helps, PH.
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[bourgui]

Hi PHV,

That's exaclty what I wanted. Thx for your help.