Bash string replace - Page 2

danmero · #8 (**permalink**) 11-22-2009

Code:

# STRING="Hello World! word1 word2 AND another word3 at the END.";
# FILTERED=${STRING// word[1-9]/};
# echo "$FILTERED"
Hello World! AND another at the END.

X-Or · #9 (**permalink**) 11-22-2009

Ok thanks.

Code:

str="It's cold, very cold"
pattern=${str/cold/hot}
echo $pattern

Scrutinizer · #10 (**permalink**) 11-23-2009

Code:

echo ${str%cold}hot

X-Or · #11 (**permalink**) 11-23-2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scrutinizer

Code:

echo ${str%cold}hot

But I suspect that does not satisfy your question

It do, thanks.
The % char is used to read from the end of str ?

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