Malcolm Tredinnick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> I'm not sure how important portability is here, but if you are on a
> linux system then /bin/sh is linked to /bin/bash. In bash you can do
> this as:
In fact this is required by SuS so it is portable.
> oldmonth=3D'07'
> echo ${oldmonth#'0'}
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