Question

How to get the first N characters from a string in Bash

Answer 1

s="bash Unix shell and command language"

N=6
s=${s::N}

echo $s



# run:
#
# bash U
# 

 

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Answer 2

s="bash Unix shell and command language"

N=6
s=${s:0:N}

echo $s



# run:
#
# bash U
# 

 

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