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Old 06-03-2011
Question cutting field
Hi,

I have a var sdt='23032011000000'

now if i want only 23 out of above? hw to cut?

also..after cuttint-will it be stored in another var as a varchar or as a number?
# 2  
Old 06-03-2011
Code:
another_var=`echo  $sdt | cut -c 1-2`

# 3  
Old 06-03-2011
Hi Thanks,

But after cutting will 23 be stored as a char or number in a var another_var..

because i am passing that var to a plsql procedure and there i am assigning it to a number..?
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Old 06-03-2011
Code:
sdt='23032011000000'; CutFld=$(echo $sdt | cut -c 1-2);echo $CutFld

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Old 06-03-2011
it will be taken as number in your plsql procedure
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