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mosama1

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Hi all,
i want to use substring function in shell script,so how can i use it?
 
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FAQ219-2884
FAQ181-2886
 
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Hi

You forgot to specify what shell are you using, but anyway :
Bash: 
[blue]master #[/blue] str='abcdefghijk'
[blue]master #[/blue] echo "${str:3:5}"
defgh

Feherke.
 
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