Subtring in solaris

[umeman]

How do I get a subtring in a UNIX Korn shell script:

STRING1='ABCD01'

I want to assign STRING2='ABCD' derived from STRING1

Any help appreciated

-u-

 

[grega]

You could do ...

STRING1='ABCD01'
STRING2=$(echo $STRING1 | cut -c1-4)

Greg.

 

[olded]

umeman:

I like greg's solution better, but ....


string1="ABCD01"
string2=$(echo $string1|awk ' {
print substr($0, 1, 4)
} ')
echo $string2

Regards,

Ed
Schaefer