Re: [dyno's blog for tech] string manipulation in bash script

#!/bin/sh
#basic string manipulation using shell script

set -v

s=" hello world! racn4 "
# 01234567890123456789

#length
echo ${#s}
expr length "$s"

#index
ss='world'
expr index "$s" $ss

#substr
echo ${s:14}
echo ${s:14:4}
echo ${s:(-2)}

#match
[[ $s =~ "o.*o" ]] && echo "yes"
(echo $s | grep -q "o.*o") && echo "yes"

#trim space
s=${s%% }
s=${s## }
echo "<${s}>"

#basic replace
echo ${s/o/O}
echo ${s/#h/O}
echo ${s/%racn4/O}
echo ${s//o/O}

#trim pre/postfix
echo ${s#h*o}
echo ${s##h*o}
echo ${s%o*4}
echo ${s%%o*4}

#upper/lower case
echo $(tr 'a-z' 'A-Z' <<< $s)

#comparation
[[ $s > "hello" ]] && echo "hello"

#number conversion
x="2"; y=3
echo $(($x + $y))

#for more complicated manipulation using grep/sed/awk instead

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For many are called, but few are chosen.
-- Matthew 22:14