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Old 04-17-2009
how to retrieve a part of the word
Hi
I have a word assigned to the variable, for example:
A=TTOP
Is there a way to remove the first letter from this word and assign the rest of the word to another variable, so the output would be like this:
B=TOP
Thanks a lot for any advice.... -A
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Old 04-17-2009
Hammer & Screwdriver Perhaps this?
Code:
> a=TTOP
> echo $a
TTOP

> b=`echo $a | cut -c2-`
> echo $b
TOP

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Old 04-17-2009
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