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# 1  
Old 01-18-2008
how to remove first two latter of any string
Hi,

I have a variable with contain "fl080114". I want only "080114" into an another variable.

input:
name="fl080114"

output:
nm="080114"

Please help.

Thanks in advance.
# 2  
Old 01-18-2008
Code:
echo "fl080114" |cut -c 2-

# 3  
Old 01-18-2008
Code:
nm=${name#??}

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