Conversation started Jul 15, 2015 at 18:27.
Izzy
Izzy
Jul 15, 2015 18:27
${app:8:5} would be an extension to that: cutting off the first 8 chars, and then picking the next 5 only – abandoning the rest.
Firelord
Firelord
@Izzy Cool! There must be a name for this. How do i even Google then except that I copy-paste it?
Izzy
Izzy
"substrings in shell"
You can even "search & replace" in a string :) Just browse through Adebar sources, you'll find tons of that there. Often with comments what that statement does, so I can remember that later (in case it got too complex ;)
most of that is in lib/packagedata.lib
${zeile##*[} # strip leading
Firelord
Firelord
@Izzy Sure will, when needed :) I was thinking of bookmarking the conversation and the system tells me to choose two messages, how do I choose the other one?
Izzy
Izzy
${zeile%%]* # strip trailing
put together, it picks the string within brackets: foobar [moo] → moo :)
 
Conversation ended Jul 15, 2015 at 18:34.