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-====== BASH - Slicing Strings ======
-To cut portions of a string:
-<code bash>
-#!/bin/bash
-Str="My name is Peter"
-subStr=${Str:0:6}
-echo $subStr
-</code>
-This script should print out “My nam” as its output.
-<WRAP info>
-The parameter expansion takes the form ${VAR_NAME:S:L}.
-Here, S denotes starting position and L indicates the length.
-</WRAP>