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Old 05-26-2010
This can also be done without sed:
Code:
echo ${string%.D*}.D

or sed:
Code:
echo $string | sed 's/[0-9]*$//'


Last edited by Scrutinizer; 05-26-2010 at 08:20 AM..
# 9  
Old 05-26-2010
posix way

Code:
STRING="TEST.ABC201005.MONTHLY.D101010203"
echo "${STRING%.*}.D"

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