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How do I use substring in Linux?
Using the cut Command
Specifying the character index isn’t the only way to extract a substring. You can also use the -d and -f flags to extract a string by specifying characters to split on. The -d flag lets you specify the delimiter to split on while -f lets you choose which substring of the split to choose.
How do I cut a string after a specific string in Unix?
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- what if the original string had more than one : character? Like [email protected]:administrators:/home/some/directory/file . …
- @SopalajodeArrierez, The given command will just work. See (because the .* will match as much as possible: greedy) – falsetru Feb 21 ’15 at 7:05.
