[NTLUG:Discuss] Strings in BASH, an easier way?

[David Stanaway]

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whatis -s 1 -s 8 -r . | more



David Stanaway wrote:
> Why mess around?
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> whatis -r .
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> Robert Citek wrote:
>> On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 12:19 AM, Leroy Tennison
>> <leroy_tennison at prodigy.net> wrote:
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>>> for i in `echo $PATH | cut -d: -f1-30 --output-delimiter=" "`; do
>>> for j in `ls -1 $i`; do apropos $j; read; done;
>>> done
>>>
>>> Not only is this a little more verbose than I want but the -f parameter
>>> is a little "brittle" in that there doesn't appear to be any to say
>>> "however many fields there are".
>>>     
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>> Just leave off the last number:
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>> echo $PATH | cut -d: -f1- --output-delimiter=" "
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>> IHMO, once you're getting into moderately sophisticated data
>> structures (e.g. arrays), you're better off with a scripting language
>> like awk.
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>> Regards,
>> - Robert
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