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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DwtCSTextSetString(3Dwt) DwtCSTextSetString(3Dwt)
Name
DwtCSTextSetString - Changes the text in the compound-string text widget.
Syntax
void DwtCSTextSetString(widget, value)
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