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Old 04-10-2007
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ksh/bash
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Code:
$ a=abc@yahoo.com 
$ echo ${#a}
13


Code:
$ echo "abc.|de" | awk -F'.|' '{ print $1}'
abc

(note not all awks will allow this, on solaris use nawk)