On Sun, Jun 29, 2025 at 06:39:18 -0600, Stan Marsh wrote:
> Note, incidentally, that it is not strictly true that a negative offset has
> to be preceded by a space.  A zero will work as well.  And I think that is
> clearer.  I.e., instead of:
> 
> # Print the last 2 characters of $HOME
> $ echo ${HOME: -2}
> 
> You can do:
> 
> $ echo ${HOME:0-2}

Or ${HOME:(-2)} if you like.

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