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On 07:49 Thu 04 Oct , Roy Marples wrote: |
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> On Thu, 2007-10-04 at 05:03 +0100, Steve Long wrote: |
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> > Donnie Berkholz wrote: |
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> > |
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> > > spec=$(echo ${CHOST} | cut -d- -f3) |
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> > > |
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> > You can do this without resort to an external process: |
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> > IFS=- |
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> > read _ _ spec _ <<< "$CHOST" |
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> > unset IFS |
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> > - or you can do: |
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> > IFS=- |
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> > arr=($CHOST) |
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> > unset IFS |
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> > spec=${arr[2]} |
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> |
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> See, another use of bash arrays just because you can? |
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Sure. If there's no requirement to stick to portable sh, why shouldn't |
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we use whatever features of bash we like? |
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Thanks, |
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Donnie |
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