12-29-2011
help, extract username from file
there is a text file like this
text here
text here
text here
text here
USER=someusername here
text here
text here
text here
how can i extract the someusername from this file which has a path like /home/myfile.txt?
i want to store it in a variable $u
thanks in advance!
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dwtstextreplace
DwtSTextReplace(3Dwt) DwtSTextReplace(3Dwt)
Name
DwtSTextReplace - Replaces a portion of the current text string in the simple text widget or inserts a new substring in the text.
Syntax
void DwtSTextReplace(widget, from_pos, to_pos, value)
Widget widget;
int from_pos, to_pos;
DwtCompString value;
Arguments
widget Specifies the ID of the simple text widget whose text string you want to replace.
from_pos Specifies the beginning character position within the text string marking the text being replaced.
to_pos Specifies the last character position within the text string marking the text being replaced.
value Specifies the text to replace part of the current text in the simple text widget.
Description
The DwtSTextReplace function replaces part of the text string in the simple text widget. Within the window, the positions are numbered
starting from 0 and increasing sequentially. For example, to replace the second and third characters in the string, from_pos should be 1
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