Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2011 09:47:16 -0700 From: Devin Teske <dteske@vicor.com> To: Dino Vliet <dino_vliet@yahoo.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: shell programming question: help with expr command Message-ID: <90087016-3918-4F74-A768-67023E3C2B85@vicor.com> In-Reply-To: <824253.34690.qm@web113616.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> References: <824253.34690.qm@web113616.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
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On Apr 9, 2011, at 6:31 AM, Dino Vliet <dino_vliet@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi folks,
> I'm having trouble with a little shell script. Can somebody explain me wh=
y I get 3 times "expr: syntax error" in my console after I run this little=
script?
>=20
> #! /usr/local/bin/bash
> # testscript=20
>=20
> var1=3D"trees.J48" #other value will be rules.Jrip, rules.DecisionTable
> len=3D${#var1}
> ind=3D`expr index $var1 s`
> pos=3D`expr $len - $ind`
> out=3D`expr substr $var1 $ind $pos`=20
>=20
> I would expect (and want the following to happen):
>=20
> $ind should contain 6
> $pos should contain 3
> $out should contain J48 (other values will have to be Jrip,DecisionTable)
>=20
> Can anyone help me with this?
This would be a /bin/sh compatible (read: portable) way to accomplish the a=
bove:
#!/bin/sh
# testscript=20
var1=3D"trees.J48" #other value will be rules.Jrip, rules.DecisionTable
len=3D${#var1}
ind=3D`echo "$var1" | awk '{print index($0,"s")+1}'`
pos=3D$(( $len - $ind ))
out=3D`echo "$var1" | awk -vind=3D"$ind" -vpos=3D"$pos" '{print substr($0,i=
nd+1,pos)}'`
Though, there are certainly easier ways to get at what it is that I assume =
your after:
#!/bin/sh
# testscript
var1=3D"trees.J48" #other value will be rules.Jrip, rules.DecisionTable
out=3D"${var1##*.}"
--=20
Devin
>=20
> Thanks
>=20
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