[mgonzalo]

have the following line that I got doing a foreach var (`cat $in /l_bb`)
/ Files/project00001/data100/TestCase/G40_B_2200_pow102_pcm04.inp and I want to get character column 44-61

2200_pow102_pcm04

How do I do?
Forgive for my English I am Spanish

[lotuseclat79]

Hi mgonzalo,

If the input string/line you mean is "/ Files/project00001/data100/TestCase/G40_B_2200_pow102_pcm04.inp" and you want to extract the substring "2200_pow102_pcm04" then you mean character columns 45-61.

Two commands you might explore/play with are: cut and nawk (or gawk or awk).

Read the man pages for each command by issuing the man command as follows:
$ man cut
$ man nawk

-- Tom

[Squashman]

Cut should be able to do this with ease.

[ghostdog74]

if you are using bash, no need for external commands

$ string="/Files/project00001/data100/TestCase/G40_B_2200_pow102_pcm04.inp"
$ echo ${string:43:17}
2200_pow102_pcm04

[mgonzalo]

I'm using csh and I need it within a script.
I think it might be worth it to ghostdog74
I'll try
var = $(string: 43:17)

[lotuseclat79]

Hi mgonzalo,

Your use of parenthese, i.e. '(' and ')' won't work, i.e. you need to copy exactly what ghostdog74 posted, i.e. stick to using the curly braces in the assignment expression to var, i.e. '{' and '}', as in the following also using back quotes around the expression assignment:
var=`echo ${string: 43:17}`
echo $var

-- Tom

[mgonzalo]

Thanks tom, that was what I needed