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Old 09-06-2009
shell script: longest match from right?
Return the position of matched string from right, awk match can do from left only.

e.g return pos 7 for search string "service" from "AA-service"
or return the matched string "service", then caculate the string length.

Thanks!.
# 2  
Old 09-06-2009
It's easy enough to calculate the right offset from the left offset and string length.
# 3  
Old 09-06-2009
Code:
string=$1
pattern=$2
left=${string%%$pattern}
echo $(( ${#left} + 1 ))

# 4  
Old 09-06-2009
I think you need

Code:
echo $(( ${#string} - ${#left} ))

to meet OP requirement.
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