Michael A Chase wrote: > On Tue, 23 Apr 2002 07:05:06 +0100 Jim George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> can someone tell me which package provides the substr command line >>routine? > > In this case, you probably want sed, gawk, or Perl, there is no UNIX > command 'substr'.
from the commandline you can use 'expr substr <string> <begin> <length>' it's crude and OT but I just happened to need it today so I remembered this. -- Gilgamesh Nootebos (Elegant Relational Development) @: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/