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Old 05-15-2009
Lightbulb Quick edit on accepted variable.
I am new newbie to unix.

I am taking user input using ksh script.

The valid value user can enter is

a) Numeric 1 to 500
b) character e, r
c) e1 to e100

I figured out how to deal with a) and b) but want to separate characters when user enter e1 to e100

I want to store e in variable and numeric part followed by e in other variable.

Any quick tip to separate will work.

Do we have "cut" till end of command ?

Thanks.Smilie
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Old 05-15-2009
as u know first character is e , u can store it directly

Code:
 
 value=`echo "$var_apped" |sed 's/e//'`
 
 cha=e

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