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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting String Manipulation ${no.} meaning Post 302676365 by ec01 on Tuesday 24th of July 2012 12:53:31 PM
Old 07-24-2012
Assuming you're using bash, see -
String Length: Parameter expansion [Bash Hackers Wiki]
and directly beneath,
Substring expansion: Parameter expansion [Bash Hackers Wiki]

(NB: it appears formatting may have eaten some of your characters; from my count "ABC_BMWPPI_20120909_00073.DAT.ASDFGHJK" is only 38 chars long, so it's hard to reconcile this with the exact output you're getting since the numbers are off - the basic idea/concept is the same)
 

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TXT2LPS(1)							   User Commands							TXT2LPS(1)

NAME
txt2lps - translates an mCRL2 specification of a linear process into an LPS SYNOPSIS
txt2lps [OPTION]... [INFILE [OUTFILE]] DESCRIPTION
Translates the mCRL2 specification in INFILE and writes the resulting LPS to OUTFILE. If OUTFILE is not present, standard output is used. If INFILE is not present, standard input is used. OPTIONS
OPTION can be any of the following: --timings[=FILE] append timing measurements to FILE. Measurements are written to standard error if no FILE is provided Standard options: -q, --quiet do not display warning messages -v, --verbose display short intermediate messages -d, --debug display detailed intermediate messages --log-level=LEVEL display intermediate messages up to and including level -h, --help display help information --version display version information AUTHOR
Written by Wieger Wesselink. REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs at <http://www.mcrl2.org/issuetracker>. COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2012 Technische Universiteit Eindhoven. This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of the Boost Software License <http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt>. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. SEE ALSO
See also the manual at <http://www.mcrl2.org/mcrl2/wiki/index.php/User_manual/txt2lps>. txt2lps mCRL2 toolset 201202.0 (Release) April 2012 TXT2LPS(1)
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