On Mon, 2004-01-19 at 14:18, Russell Steicke wrote:
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> I've never used these things in anger, but know they exist. You might
> also try the ${FOO#bar} construct.
btw: that stuff is explained in the man bash page under: Parameter
Expansion as I once wrote:
http://www.cantech.net.au/plug/2003-07/msg00997.html
Ryan