Lucy,
if you know about the number of blanks you want to get rid of, use:
variable=${variable# }
type in the exact amount of blank spaces after the # sign.
I know that there is a possibility to remove leading blanks up to or
including a letter. More about this straight after I will find that Korn
Shell book that must be somewhere round here...
regards, Richard
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> Von: Lucy Premus[SMTP:lpremus@METLIFE.COM]
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 19. Januar 1999 16:30
> Betreff: assigning variables in a script
>
> Okay. I have another question regarding variables and scripts. But
> before
> I ask this one, just wondering if anyone knows the answer to my previous
> question?. How do you remove preceding spaces in a variable? Meaning if
> I
> have a variable that looks like this
> ' TRUE', but all I really need is just the word
> TRUE. How do I get rid of the spaces before the word?
>
> My other question is if my script is reading a text file and processing
> each line, how do I parse out each word on that line and assign it to a
> variable? For example, the line looks like this: 'resourcename Jan 15
> 10:00:00 EST 1999' and I just want to capture 'resourcename' and assign it
> to one variable and capture '10:00:00' and assign it to another variable.
>
> BTW....In case anyone is wondering, I do have a Korn Shell programming
> book, but I can't seem to find this information in there. I'm sure its
> there, in some form, but is it english? Thanks for all the
> help..................Lucy
>
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