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Extract 4 first string's characters

 
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Leo The Cat
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тАО03-26-2009 07:19 AM

тАО03-26-2009 07:19 AM

Extract 4 first string's characters

Hi All

How to extract the 4 first characters like this.

S=abcdefghi....
result: abcd

Bests regards
Den
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Ivan Ferreira
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тАО03-26-2009 07:22 AM

тАО03-26-2009 07:22 AM

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Re: Extract 4 first string's characters

# S=abcdefghi
# STRIP=$( echo $S | cut -c 1-4)
# echo $STRIP
abcd
Por que hacerlo dificil si es posible hacerlo facil? - Why do it the hard way, when you can do it the easy way?
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Leo The Cat
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тАО03-26-2009 07:23 AM

тАО03-26-2009 07:23 AM

Re: Extract 4 first string's characters

Thanks Ivan. Very perfect !
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