DervishD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I would like to know (if you have such information, of course) which > 'expr's out there support 'substr' expressions in addition to the > GNU coreutils one, of course.
Sorry, haven't a clue. But you shouldn't need substr: you can always get the equivalent by using pattern matching. E.g., instead of this: expr substr "X$string" 3 5 you use this: expr "X$string" : 'X.\(.....\)' _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils