03-11-2011
how to get index/postion of a string?
Hi,
I have a string like the following:
/db1/data/GLIDER/SYSTEM.dbf
need to find the postion where "SYSTEM.dbf" starts, so I tried:
LOCATION=/db1/data/GLIDER/SYSTEM.dbf
$ expr index $LOCATION SYSTEM
expr: syntax error
$ expr index "$LOCATION" SYSTEM
expr: syntax error
What am I doing wrong there?
Thanks in Advance.
Last edited by seafan; 03-11-2011 at 05:27 PM..
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