extract substring using cshell

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I need little help on extracting string using csh. I have a variable containing a long string ending with _abc. I need to extract the whole string except _abc using csh. please help

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 07 '13 at 08:42

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You should have the command basename available, in which case you want

echo `basename mystring_abc _abc`
>> mystring

answered Jan 07 '13 at 08:42

Andrew Marshall

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