Re: shell equivalent to text 1 thru -9?
Re: shell equivalent to text 1 thru -9?
- Subject: Re: shell equivalent to text 1 thru -9?
- From: Jonathan Levi MD <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 08:15:02 -0400
On 4/18/05, Jake Pietrykowski <email@hidden> wrote:
> This isn't a AS question, but rather I'm looking for an example of a shell
equivalent to the AS command text 1 thru -9?
set x to "nameOfSomeApp_log.txt"
set y to text 1 thru -9 of x
> I want to return 'nameOfSomeApp'?
In addition to the suggestions already given, I'd like to recommend
the bash man page. It's long, sometimes opaque, and not material for
a single reading, but I've come back to it again and again, and find
it a treasure trove of information. --Jonathan
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