Look up expressions in man bash. Brian wrote: > > Thank you all very much for your help. I should have made one thing > clearer, though. The data file is not always numeric, some lines look > like: > > 0100My name is Jim > > > strip=${six//0} > > What exactly does this line do? How do get the man page for it? > > Thanks a lot, the info I've gotten helps me immensely. > > -Brian > > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list -- Wayne Johnson, | There are two kinds of people: Those 3943 Penn Ave. N. | who say to God, "Thy will be done," Minneapolis, MN 55412-1908 | and those to whom God says, "All right, (612) 522-7003 | then, have it your way." --C.S. Lewis