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in reply to shell script query

If your shell is bash it is a sub-string of ${1}, at offset 9 and length 8, which you can find in bash - see Parameter Expansion.

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Re^2: shell script query
by cdarke (Prior) on May 31, 2011 at 12:55 UTC
    Also applies to Korn shell 93 (not 88).