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i'd love to, im just at home :) Something for tomorrow i suppose.

what about if the string assigned to the variable isn't a constant length? i.e. the string assigned to that variable changes.

how do i check if the first character is a parenthese in pattern matching?

if [[ $a == (* ]] obviously doesnt work. How do I use it to compare so it doesnt try to use it to group.

due to restrictions i can't post my script. However, I will give a watered down version
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cat t1 | while read a b c d #t1 is the file...

dont have it available. Maybe tomorrow.

Bourne, or SH i believe.

Bah, yeah i know it doesn't have them in my code. There is also a $ in front of newvar that I forgot to put when i posted this. It's just habit for me to put the space :(

Is this correct or am i...

I know many will probably say go read some tutorials...I would like to say that I am. However, I need to know this for work and it needs to be done soon.

In my script I have a while loop that...