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# 8  
Old 01-12-2006
Just change vino's code to this:
Code:
#!/bin/bash
VAL=1234567890abcdefghij
echo ${VAL:2:1} ${VAL:10:8}

This seems to be limited to bash so if you are using anything else, you are better off using sed or something.
# 9  
Old 01-12-2006
Quote:
Originally Posted by blowtorch
Just change vino's code to this:
Code:
#!/bin/bash
VAL=1234567890abcdefghij
echo ${VAL:2:1} ${VAL:10:8}

This seems to be limited to bash so if you are using anything else, you are better off using sed or something.
I get the error:
***
${VAL:2:1} : bad substitution
***
# 10  
Old 01-12-2006
Quote:
Originally Posted by Khoomfire
I get the error:
***
${VAL:2:1} : bad substitution
***
What shell are you using? This will only work with bash.
# 11  
Old 01-12-2006
with slight modification,

Code:
echo 1234567890abcdefghij | sed -e 's/\(..\)\(.\)\(.......\)\(.*\)\(..\)/\2 \4/'

3 abcdefgh
# 12  
Old 01-12-2006
just a curiosity why do you not want to use cut ?
# 13  
Old 01-12-2006
Quote:
Originally Posted by linuxpenguin
just a curiosity why do you not want to use cut ?
Because cut will not leave spaces between the feilds (or will it?)
# 14  
Old 01-13-2006
Try...
Code:
echo "1234567890abcdefghij" | awk '{print substr($0,3,1) " " substr($0,11,8)}'
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