03-09-2008
String Manipulation Help
Hey Guys,
Right i know how to alter a word to begin with a capital letter, i know how to remove unwanted characters and replace them with the relevant character however i don't now if there is a way to do them all in one line.
Code:
echo -n ${string:0:1} | tr a-z A-Z #convert first letter in string to cap
echo ${string:1} # to remove first char & replace with cap from above
echo ${string/<char>/<char>} # to replace a character
What i would like to know, is there a way i can Join the second statement with the first .. So i can begin at the string from the second letter and at the same time omit unwanted characters.
Thanks in advance!
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archive_entry_clear, archive_entry_clone, archive_entry_free, archive_entry_new, -- functions for managing archive entry descriptions
LIBRARY
Streaming Archive Library (libarchive, -larchive)
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Allocate and return a blank struct archive_entry object.
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Due to high number of functions, the accessor functions can be found in man pages grouped by the purpose.
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