Jan Schampera wrote:
> Richard Neill wrote:
>
>> $ echo ${stringZ:2: -1} #Wish: start at 2, read till
>> ERROR #1 before the end. i.e.
>> # cde
>>
>> $ echo ${stringZ: -3: -1} #Wish: start 3 back, read till
>> ERROR #1 before the end. i.e.
>
> Use (-1), i.e.
>
> $ echo ${stringZ:2:(-1)}
>
> See also
> http://bash-hackers.org/wiki/doku.php/syntax/pe#substring_expansion (at
> bottom of the section).
>
> J.My bad - it's too early in the morning - forget about that :) I didn't read carefully. J.
