Shortning a text to a length of

[Larshg]

Hi

I want to print a text string to the screen

echo "test of a text1 string is not to long"
test of a text1 string is not to long

But I vant to restrict it to printing the first 15 karakters

echo "test of a text1 string is not to long"
test of a text1

I've tryed using
echo "test of a text1 string is not to long"|awk '{print substr($1,0,15)}'
but this only takes the first word

/Larshg

 

[PHV]

The ksh way:
typeset -L15 x="test of a text1 string is not to long"
echo "$x"
The awk way:
echo "test of a text1 string is not to long"|awk '{print substr($0,1,15)}'

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[aigles]

and the 'cut' way :

[tt]echo "test of a text1 string is not to long"|cut -c -15[/tt]


Jean Pierre.

 

[Larshg]

Thanks.

I've usede the "the awk way" - can you tell me if $0 in awk always is the entire string?

/Larshg

 

[PHV]

In awk, $0 is the entire current line.
Anyway, man awk.

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[Ogzilal]

Hi,

try this command

printf "%.15s" "test of a text1 string is not to long"


man printf for more.

Ali