Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 17:56:28 -0500 From: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Shell scripting question Message-ID: <1C2753F79CB89D4C9BF30439@utd59514.utdallas.edu> In-Reply-To: <35c231bf05091213172be30212@mail.gmail.com> References: <01A14A33D6971135F96609A2@utd59514.utdallas.edu> <35c231bf05091213172be30212@mail.gmail.com>
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--On Monday, September 12, 2005 13:17:05 -0700 David Kirchner <dpk@dpk.net>
wrote:
> On 9/12/05, Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> wrote:
>> How can I strip the leading character from the string so that I can test
>> to see if it's zero?
>
> This'll strip the 0, while leaving other numbers intact:
>
> $ X=09
> $ echo ${X#0}
> 9
Thanks, David. That's exactly what I needed, and now that you've pointed
it out to me, I see (reading the specs) how that is it. I just didn't
understand what I was reading before you pointed it out.
Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu)
Adjunct Information Security Officer
University of Texas at Dallas
AVIEN Founding Member
http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/
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