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# 1  
Old 08-17-2007
Extract a character
HI Guys,
Have a Doubt......

I have a pattern "abcdef"

and i need to extract the third character..ie(c)

How to achieve it?
# 2  
Old 08-17-2007
Code:
echo "abcdef" | cut -c3

# 3  
Old 08-17-2007
Code:
echo "string" | sed -n -e "s/^..\(.\).*/\1/p"

or
Code:
t=abcdef
r=echo ${t%${t#???}}
echo ${r#??}

# 4  
Old 08-18-2007
another way
Hi,

You can also do this in the foll. way:

echo "abcdef" | awk '{print substr( $0, 3, 1 )}'

Note: You can use substr() in many ways , for extracting no. of characters

Just specify start_no. and No. of char. in 2nd and 3rd. field respectively.

Regards
JAGDISH
# 5  
Old 08-18-2007
confused with this pattern
[QUOTE=vino;302132533]
Code:
echo "string" | sed -n -e "s/^..\(.\).*/\1/p"

Sometimes get confused with regular pattern.

after getting the 3 character from the beginning [ ........\(.\)........]

what does the last expression .* does here..
# 6  
Old 08-18-2007
[QUOTE=bishweshwar;302132634]
Quote:
Originally Posted by vino
Code:
echo "string" | sed -n -e "s/^..\(.\).*/\1/p"

Sometimes get confused with regular pattern.

after getting the 3 character from the beginning [ ........\(.\)........]

what does the last expression .* does here..

the first 2 characters are specified as ^..
the third character is mentioned as \(.\)
and the remaining characters starting from 4th character to till the end of the string is blocked by .*

and the third character is printed using "\1"
# 7  
Old 08-18-2007
blocking the characters
[QUOTE=matrixmadhan;302132635][QUOTE=bishweshwar;302132634]


the first 2 characters are specified as ^..
the third character is mentioned as \(.\)
and the remaining characters starting from 4th character to till the end of the string is blocked by .*

Is there any other way...even...the expression .* how it blocks the rest of characters.
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