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From:	Joe Buehler <jbuehler AT hekimian DOT com>
Subject:	Re: Beginnings of a patch: /etc/hosts
Date:	Wed, 11 Sep 2002 14:34:58 -0400
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Igor Pechtchanski wrote:

> +    WFILE=`echo $FILE | sed 's/^\(.\{0,8\}\).*/\1/'`

If you think that inelegant, try using this:

     expr substr "$FILE" 1 8

Joe Buehler




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