https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/reading-substring-from-a-line/m-p/3594736#M103880 Hi Guys,<BR /><BR /> I have create a C program to read a file line by line, but I am interested in knowing how can I read say from character 10 to 20 of a line? Is there a fast way to do this?<BR /><BR />Sadly I can only use C...<BR /><BR />Best regards<BR />Henry Tue, 02 Aug 2005 09:01:42 GMT Henry Chua 2005-08-02T09:01:42Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/reading-substring-from-a-line/m-p/3594736#M103880 Hi Guys,<BR /><BR /> I have create a C program to read a file line by line, but I am interested in knowing how can I read say from character 10 to 20 of a line? Is there a fast way to do this?<BR /><BR />Sadly I can only use C...<BR /><BR />Best regards<BR />Henry Tue, 02 Aug 2005 09:01:42 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/reading-substring-from-a-line/m-p/3594736#M103880 Henry Chua 2005-08-02T09:01:42Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/reading-substring-from-a-line/m-p/3594737#M103881 <BR />#include <UNISTD.H><BR />#include <STRING.H><BR />char str2[12];<BR />strcpy (str2, str_org + 10, 10);<BR /><BR />Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn</STRING.H></UNISTD.H> Tue, 02 Aug 2005 09:07:55 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/reading-substring-from-a-line/m-p/3594737#M103881 H.Merijn Brand (procura 2005-08-02T09:07:55Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/reading-substring-from-a-line/m-p/3594738#M103882 Hi Henry,<BR /><BR />like inthe answer above, read the whole line in your variable and copy the letters you want to another. What are you planning to do? It may be easier to script it. Tue, 02 Aug 2005 11:19:33 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/reading-substring-from-a-line/m-p/3594738#M103882 Torsten. 2005-08-02T11:19:33Z