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shell: how to take part of the line...
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ThisIsMyDumbTextLine How can i take part of text out of it....? (can't really express my self) 1) Lets say i want to get last/first 5 characters of text... 2) 3 characters starting from 4th character..... In basic language there is function mid$(string$, offest%, lenght%) what would be similar function in sh? Also how can i determine how long is text line? ( len(string$) in basic) 
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