Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 13:17:05 -0700 From: David Kirchner <dpk@dpk.net> To: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Shell scripting question Message-ID: <35c231bf05091213172be30212@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <01A14A33D6971135F96609A2@utd59514.utdallas.edu> References: <01A14A33D6971135F96609A2@utd59514.utdallas.edu>
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On 9/12/05, Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> wrote:
> How can I strip the leading character from the string so that I can test =
to
> see if it's zero?
This'll strip the 0, while leaving other numbers intact:
$ X=3D09
$ echo ${X#0}
9
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