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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Trim after nth occurrence with loop Post 303022136 by Scrutinizer on Sunday 26th of August 2018 05:59:08 AM
Old 08-26-2018
Try:
Code:
#!/bin/bash

oldIFS=$IFS
IFS=/
while read -ra val
do
  echo "${val[*]:0:3}"
done < Textfile
IFS=$oldIFS




--
Another way:
Code:
cut -d/ -f-3 Textfile

Last edited by Scrutinizer; 08-26-2018 at 07:19 AM..
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tt_message_arg_ival_set

tt_message_arg_ival_set(library call)									     tt_message_arg_ival_set(library call)

NAME

       tt_message_arg_ival_set -- add an integer value in a message argument

SYNOPSIS

       #include <Tt/tt_c.h>
       Tt_status tt_message_arg_ival_set(
       Tt_message m,
       int n,
       int value);

DESCRIPTION

       The tt_message_arg_ival_set function adds an integer value in the nth message argument.

       This function also changes the value of an existing nth message argument to an integer.

       The  m  argument  is the opaque handle for the message involved in this operation.  The n argument is the number of the argument to be set.
       The first argument is numbered zero.  The value argument is the contents for the message argument.

RETURN VALUE

       Upon successful completion, the tt_message_arg_ival_set function returns the status of the operation as one of the following Tt_status val-
       ues:

       TT_OK	 The operation completed successfully.

       TT_ERR_NOMP
		 The ttsession(1) process is not running and the ToolTalk service cannot restart it.

       TT_ERR_NUM
		 The integer value passed was invalid (out of range).

       TT_ERR_POINTER
		 The pointer passed does not point to an object of the correct type for this operation.

SEE ALSO

       Tt/tt_c.h - Tttt_c(5), tt_message_iarg_add(3), tt_message_arg_val_set(3), tt_message_arg_bval_set(3).

													     tt_message_arg_ival_set(library call)
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