cut First charecter in any string

rinku · #1 (**permalink**) 05-29-2007

I wannt to cut first char of any string.

str=A2465443

out put will be.
str1=A
str2=2465443.
I tried
str2=${?%srt}
str1=${str#$str2}

it is not working.

ghostdog74 · #2 (**permalink**) 05-29-2007

Code:

# var="something"
# echo ${var:0:1}
s

suparnbector · #3 (**permalink**) 05-29-2007

echo "A1234" | cut -c 2-

echo "A1234" | cut -c 0-1

aigles · #4 (**permalink**) 05-29-2007

Code:

$ str=A2465443
$ str2=${str#?}
$ str1=${str%$str2}
$ echo "<$str>=<$str1><$str2>"
<A2465443>=<A><2465443>
$

Jean-Pierre.

praveenkumar_l · #5 (**permalink**) 05-29-2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by rinku

I wannt to cut first char of any string.

str=A2465443

out put will be.
str1=A
str2=2465443.
I tried
str2=${?%srt}
str1=${str#$str2}

it is not working.

str2=${str#?}
str1=${str%$str2}

$ echo $str1
A
$ echo $str2
2465443

praveenkumar_l · #6 (**permalink**) 05-29-2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by ghostdog74

Code:

# var="something"
# echo ${var:0:1}
s

This will not work in Korn shell

radoulov · #7 (**permalink**) 05-29-2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by praveenkumar_l

This will not work in Korn shell

It will work in ksh93 and some other recent Korn shell variants.

Code:

$ print ${.sh.version}
Version M-12/28/93d
$ echo ${var:0:1}
s

Another (portable

? ) variant:

Code:

printf "%.1s\n" "$var"

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