05-11-2008
substr not working
Hi I am trying to run this command in ksh ...its not working
$line="123356572867116w1671716"
actual_length = 16
cut_line=`awk 'BEGIN{print substr(ARGV[1],1,actual_length)}' "$line"`
the substr is not giving me an output
how can i make it done
can anyone hwlp me on this
cut_line=`awk 'BEGIN{print substr(ARGV[1],1,16)}' "$line"`
This is working ...But I want variable to be passed instead of numeric
please guide me
Thanks,
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