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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting String parsing in Korn Shell Post 302420048 by kshji on Monday 10th of May 2010 12:07:57 PM
Old 05-10-2010
Using ksh93 or bash or ...
Code:
a="${record%\)*}"    
num="${a##*\(}"

 

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MB_EREG_SEARCH_INIT(3)							 1						    MB_EREG_SEARCH_INIT(3)

mb_ereg_search_init - Setup string and regular expression for a multibyte regular expression match

SYNOPSIS
bool mb_ereg_search_init (string $string, [string $pattern], [string $option = "msr"]) DESCRIPTION
mb_ereg_search_init(3) sets $string and $pattern for a multibyte regular expression. These values are used for mb_ereg_search(3), mb_ereg_search_pos(3), and mb_ereg_search_regs(3). PARAMETERS
o $string - The search string. o $pattern - The search pattern. o $option - The search option. RETURN VALUES
Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure. NOTES
Note The internal encoding or the character encoding specified by mb_regex_encoding(3) will be used as the character encoding for this function. SEE ALSO
mb_regex_encoding(3), mb_ereg_search_regs(3). PHP Documentation Group MB_EREG_SEARCH_INIT(3)
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