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Bash string manipulation example
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| #!/bin/bash | |
| MYSTRING="hello there" | |
| STRLEN=${#MYSTRING} | |
| let STARTPOS=$[STRLEN-5] | |
| echo "First 5: ${MYSTRING:0:5}" | |
| echo "Last 5: ${MYSTRING:$STARTPOS:5}" |
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