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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Joining string arguments Post 302367114 by steadyonabix on Sunday 1st of November 2009 10:03:39 AM
Old 11-01-2009
Code:
#!/bin/bash

shift 2
echo "$@"

or

Code:
#!/bin/bash
shift 2
for var in "$@"
do
  result=$result" "$var
done

echo $result

Woops sorry, as has been pointed out should be shift 2 not 3. I must make a note to read the posts before replying to them in future.... Smilie
Last edited by steadyonabix; 11-01-2009 at 11:36 AM..
 

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fribidi_get_joining_types

fribidi_get_joining_types(3)					Programmer's Manual				      fribidi_get_joining_types(3)

NAME

       fribidi_get_joining_types - get joining types for an string of characters

SYNOPSIS

       #include <fribidi.h>

       void fribidi_get_joining_types
       (
	    const FriBidiChar *str,
	    const FriBidiStrIndex len,
	    FriBidiJoiningType *jtypes
       );

PARAMETERS

       const FriBidiChar *str
	      Input string.

       const FriBidiStrIndex len
	      Input string length.

       FriBidiJoiningType *jtypes
	      Output joining types.

	      Possible values for a FriBidiJoiningType are as follows:
	      FRIBIDI_JOINING_TYPE_U  NUn-joining, e.g. Full Stop.
	      FRIBIDI_JOINING_TYPE_R  Right-joining, e.g. Arabic Letter Dal.
	      FRIBIDI_JOINING_TYPE_D  Dual-joining, e.g. Arabic Letter Ain.
	      FRIBIDI_JOINING_TYPE_C  Join-Causing, e.g. Tatweel, ZWJ.
	      FRIBIDI_JOINING_TYPE_T  Transparent, e.g. Arabic Fatha.
	      FRIBIDI_JOINING_TYPE_L  Left-joining, i.e. Fictional.
	      FRIBIDI_JOINING_TYPE_G  IGnored, e.g. LRE, RLE, ZWNBSP.

DESCRIPTION

       This  function  finds  the  joining  types of an string of characters.  See fribidi_get_joining_type for more information about the joining
       types returned by this function.

SEE ALSO

       fribidi_charset_to_unicode(3),  fribidi_unicode_to_charset(3),  fribidi_parse_charset(3),  fribidi_shape_arabic(3),  fribidi_get_par_direc-
       tion(3),     fribidi_get_par_embedding_levels(3),     fribidi_reorder_line(3),	  fribidi_get_bidi_type(3),	fribidi_get_bidi_types(3),
       fribidi_get_bidi_type_name(3),  fribidi_debug_status(3),  fribidi_mirroring_status(3),  fribidi_set_mirroring(3),  fribidi_reorder_nsm_sta-
       tus(3),	  fribidi_set_reorder_nsm(3),	 fribidi_log2vis_get_embedding_levels(3),    fribidi_get_type(3),    fribidi_get_type_internal(3),
       fribidi_remove_bidi_marks(3), fribidi_log2vis(3),  fribidi_join_arabic(3),  fribidi_get_joining_type(3),  fribidi_get_joining_type_name(3),
       fribidi_get_mirror_char(3), fribidi_shape_mirroring(3), fribidi_shape(3)

GNU FriBidi 0.19.2						  30 January 2006				      fribidi_get_joining_types(3)
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