On Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 10:16:53PM +0000, Angus Leeming wrote: > Yes, I have come to this conclusion myself and have changed the script > appropriately. The relevant line is now > FILE=`echo $arg2 | sed 's,^[^:]*:,,'` > > which cuts off anything up to and including the first ':'. > > In the long run it may be easier to change the language and use > python.
Or a decent shell:
FILE=${arg2#*:}
in bash.
Andre'
