Cutting a string and storing it in a variable

Shell Programming and Scripting
1

Hello

I have a script:

path=test1
echo "${path%?}"

till this the program is successful in deleting hte last character i.e. "1" and displays an output --> test. After this how can i save this output to another variable.

2

Just assign parameter substitution result to another variable:

path="test1"
var="${path%?}"
3

hi kishore,

you can use this.

path=test1
path1=`echo "${path%?}"`

notice that those are not single quotes.. that symbol is present in the button below the esc button.
hope this will help you.