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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Cut position as a variable Post 302198762 by Raynon on Friday 23rd of May 2008 10:57:07 PM
Old 05-23-2008
Cut position as a variable
Hi All,

I wish to cut an input by using the below command but i would want to have the cut position as a variable.
For eg, the position number is 11 now and i wish that this number is being assigned to a variable before putting into the cut function.
Can this be done ?
Can any expert help? I am using csh by the way.

Code:
cut -c11-

 

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