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Re: Paramater subsiution

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From: Lewis Butler <lbutler@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: Zsh Users <zsh-users@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Paramater subsiution
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2021 16:33:20 -0600
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On 27 Jun 2021, at 16:47, Gamma <GammaFunction@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Jun 27, 2021 17:42:48 Lewis Butler <lbutler@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> 
>> Given:
>> 
>> name="file 1234 - name"
>> echo ${I% - name}
>> 
>> I can easily get 'file', but how would I get "name" instead given that:
>> 
>>   o name and 1234 are variable lengths and values
>>   o "file" and " - " are constant across all the input
> 
> echo ${i##* - }

<thunks head on desk>

> Removes the longest prefix ending with ' - '.
> 
> Check man zshexpn for more.

I swear I knew that at one point, but missed it several times in reading the man page.

Thank you.

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References:
- Paramater subsiution
  - From: Lewis Butler
- Re: Paramater subsiution
  - From: Gamma

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