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01-14-2012

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It would be nice to know what context you are trying to do this in. As has been suggested, if you have a file of first and last names, just run a sed across the file. However, if you have a string, or two tokens, as a part of a loop in a programme, then the answer will be different. As an example, if you are working in ksh or bash this is much more efficient than running sed for each individual string:

Code:

full_name="Eric Clapton"
initials="${full_name//[a-z]/}"
echo "$full_name -> $initials"

If you need E.C. or E. C. you can do something like this:

Code:

echo "${initials/ /.}."
echo "${initials/ /. }."

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Again, if you're using a Ksh like shell language, then you could just echo out the first characters like this:

Code:

full_name="Eric Clapton"
last="${full_name#* }"
echo  "${full_name:0:1} ${last:0:1}"

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LOCALE_GET_DISPLAY_LANGUAGE(3)						 1					    LOCALE_GET_DISPLAY_LANGUAGE(3)

Locale::getDisplayLanguage - Returns an appropriately localized display name for language of the inputlocale

	Object oriented style

SYNOPSIS

       publicstatic string Locale::getDisplayLanguage (string  $locale, [string  $in_locale])

DESCRIPTION

	Procedural style
       string locale_get_display_language (string  $locale, [string  $in_locale])

	Returns an appropriately localized display name for language of the input locale. If is NULL then the default locale is used.

PARAMETERS

	      o $locale
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	      o $in_locale
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RETURN VALUES

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	      echo locale_get_display_language('sl-Latn-IT-nedis', 'de');
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	      <?php
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