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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Stripping a portion of string from behind!!! Post 302111028 by kumarsaravana_s on Sunday 18th of March 2007 01:05:50 PM
Old 03-18-2007
I want a command to remove any thing like characters,numerals,special characters from the end of a file...

Can anybody help me out??? Can a CUT command do this....I need a one line command so that i can redirect it output to a file too...
 

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mlib_ImageCopyArea(3MLIB)				    mediaLib Library Functions					 mlib_ImageCopyArea(3MLIB)

NAME
mlib_ImageCopyArea - copy an area SYNOPSIS
cc [ flag... ] file... -lmlib [ library... ] #include <mlib.h> mlib_status mlib_ImageCopyArea(mlib_image *img, mlib_s32 x, mlib_s32 y, mlib_s32 w, mlib_s32 h, mlib_s32 dx, mlib_s32 dy); DESCRIPTION
The mlib_ImageCopyArea() function copies a specified rectangular area from one portion of the image to another portion of the same image. The data type of the image can be MLIB_BIT, MLIB_BYTE, MLIB_SHORT, MLIB_USHORT, MLIB_INT, MLIB_FLOAT, or MLIB_DOUBLE. It uses the following equation: img[x+dx+i][y+dy+j][i] = img[x+i][y+j][i] where i = 0, 1, ..., w-1; j = 0, 1, ..., h-1. PARAMETERS
The function takes the following arguments: img Pointer to source image. x X coordinate of the area origin in the source. y Y coordinate of the area origin in the source. w Width of the area to be copied. h Height of the area to be copied. dx Horizontal displacement in pixels of the area to be copied. dy Vertical displacement in pixels of the area to be copied. RETURN VALUES
The function returns MLIB_SUCCESS if successful. Otherwise it returns MLIB_FAILURE. ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface Stability |Committed | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |MT-Level |MT-Safe | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
mlib_ImageCopy(3MLIB), mlib_ImageCopyMask(3MLIB), mlib_ImageCopyMask_Fp(3MLIB), mlib_ImageCopySubimage(3MLIB), attributes(5) SunOS 5.11 2 Mar 2007 mlib_ImageCopyArea(3MLIB)
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