Hi,
Paul de Weerd schrieb:

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> | > Michael wrote:

> | $ X="abcdefghi"

> | $ echo $X | cut -c 1-2

> | ab

>

> Note that it's not a complete replacement for bash's

> ${parameter:offset:length} parameter expansion implementation. If you

> give it @ or an array as a parameter, behaviour is completely

> different.

Actually, the above is just what I was looking for. :-)
Michael