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Re: [PLUG] extended 'cut' functionality?
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Not an answer to your original question, but the 'dirname' utility
will achieve what you are seeking.
$ dirname /usr/share/doc/mysql-server-5.0/examples/my-small.cnf
/usr/share/doc/mysql-server-5.0/examples
This utility does not seem to read from standard input, so YMMV. You
may be able to nest backticked statements, but that just seems so
wrong...
--
Jim
On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 2:16 PM, Randall A Sindlinger
<rsindlin+plug@seas.upenn.edu> wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> Quick (stupid) question.
>
> The 'cut' utility will let me do trivial string manipulation counting
> from the beginning of a string.
>
> Is there anything that provides similar, but extended, functionality to
> count from the _end_ of a string?
>
> Specifically, I'd like to be able to
> cd `perldoc -l Some::module | cut-from-end 3`
>
> Sure, I know there are other things I could do, like doing
> cut -d . -f 1
> or an awk thing, but both of those just don't feel "right". It should
> be trivial to snip off the end of a string from the command line.
>
> I'd google it, but I can't imagine the crud I'd have to wade through.
>
> -Randall
>
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