How to remove characters from a string

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How to remove characters from a string like this

"i have string in a variable say string="auto.deploy.active = yes", i want to take out everything after "=" and store that extracted string in another variable using a shell script"

Is the string inside a file, pipe, or variable? – Socowi Feb 15 '19 at 06:48 — Socowi, Feb 15 '19 at 06:48

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Feb 15 '19 at 08:00

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You can use awk

command is:

$ var1=`echo "auto.deploy.active = yes" | awk -F"=" '{print $1}'` ; echo $var1
auto.deploy.active 

$ var2=`echo "auto.deploy.active = yes" | awk -F"=" '{print $2}'` ; echo $var2
yes

edited Feb 15 '19 at 08:00

Cyrus

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answered Feb 15 '19 at 06:48

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how to store this result in another variable – James Taylor Feb 15 '19 at 07:13
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Please search before asking. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4651437/how-to-set-a-variable-to-the-output-of-a-command-in-bash – tripleee Feb 15 '19 at 07:35
check the updated answer @JamesTaylor – Akhil Feb 15 '19 at 07:59
I suggest to use `-F " = "`. – Cyrus Feb 15 '19 at 08:10

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 15 '19 at 07:14

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With bash and Parameter Expansion:

string="auto.deploy.active = yes"
value="${string#*= }"

answered Feb 15 '19 at 07:14

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if i want to take out everything before = and store it in a variable – James Taylor Feb 15 '19 at 07:20
Use `key="${string% =*}"` – Cyrus Feb 15 '19 at 07:21
Thanks cyrus, it did the trick for me – James Taylor Feb 15 '19 at 07:24

How to remove characters from a string

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