1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi , I need to get the specified word from the variable.can some one help me out in this ? input=ASD34567P i need to get the value as : output1=34567 So i need to ignore the last character and get the remaining values. THANKS IN ADVANCE. (6 Replies)

2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi All, I have scenario as below, I want to cut the characters and store it variable2.. and want to display the variable2.. as shown below... eg: the size may differs , i am show just an example..... numbers are not fixed in variable1..i want to extract characters and... (1 Reply)

3. Shell Programming and Scripting

I have a variable var which contains "ABCDEFDH" Now I have to remove the first 4 characters that is "ABCD" so my variable should contain only "DEFH" plzz tell me how to do that . i am using bash shell (1 Reply)

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

I'm using a shell script to get user input with this command: read UserInput I would then like to take the "UserInput" variable and strip out all of the following characters, regardless of where they appear in the variable or how many occurrences there are: \/":|<>+=;,?*@ I'm not sure... (5 Replies)

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

I need to cut the last seven characters of a variable length variable. The variable may be 7 characters or 70. I need to always be able to grab the last 7 characters. I looked at the cut command but it always seems to want to start at the beginning of a line, not the end and count backwards. ... (5 Replies)

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

I am trying to store a string value to a temporary variable within my script. When I run the command manually it returns the expected value, but from the script an additional "\r" is at the end. tCurrentStatus=`cat ${tPC_status} | grep 'Current status' | awk '{print $NF}'` output: cat... (1 Reply)

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

I have a script with a $PASSWORD variable. I unset it right after using it, just to minimize the chance it could be left around for a snooper. That worked just fine... until I used a password with a value of "P@ssw0rd" Now, unset (even with -f, even with the variable enquoted) tells me: unset:... (1 Reply)

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

My variable is something like: f="/Volumes/VERVE/MOOTON_CALL/01_shots/XX/xx0195/Projects/program/rs0195_v400001.aep" I use ${f:63:6} to call "rs0195" as characters counted from the left, but it'd be so much easier to count from the right. If ${f:95:10} counts from the left, what would... (2 Replies)

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi all I have a variable name as below runbatch=FCSTworLOADfx_CYR Now i need to search for FCST in this variable and run a program I am doing like this but it is failing if ; then ****RUN PROGRAM** Please help DJ Please use CODE tags when displaying sample input,... (3 Replies)

10. Shell Programming and Scripting

Debian 9 64x - LXDE How can i disable escape sequences in a variable? #!/bin/bash #mainscript . "./links.bash" echo "$red_start This text should be red $color_end"#!/bin/bash #links.bash #colors red_start="\eOutput that i get: \e Output expected: This text should be... (5 Replies)