How to remove a character (slash) from string

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JPerkins · #1 Post by **JPerkins** » 2006-09-04 00:56

I know this is simple, but I can not figure it out.
I need to remove the first character (a slash) of a variable:
What I have is this, which will not work.

TESTSTRING="/var"
NEWSTRING=$TESTSTRING | colrm 1 2
echo $NEWSTRING
var

greenhat · #2 Post by **greenhat** » 2006-09-04 06:26

here's one way of doing it...

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TESTSTRING="/var"
NEWSTRING=`echo "$TESTSTRING" | colrm 1 1`
echo "$TESTSTRING"
echo "$NEWSTRING"

$ bash test_script
/var
var
$

JPerkins · #3 Post by **JPerkins** » 2006-09-04 11:31

Thanks, worked like a charm.