Re: csh method for manipulating a string

From: Jarzombek, Svend (Svend.Jarzombek_at_ALCOA.COM)
Date: 12/11/03

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    Date:         Thu, 11 Dec 2003 11:30:38 +0100
To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU

    Shawn,

    try the following:

    #####################################
    #!/usr/bin/csh
    set OLDDATE = "YYMMDD"
    echo "OLDDATE: "$OLDDATE

    set DAY=`echo $OLDDATE | cut -c5-6`
    echo "DAY: "$DAY
    set MONTH=`echo $OLDDATE | cut -c3-4`
    echo "MONTH: "$MONTH
    set YEAR=`echo $OLDDATE | cut -c1-2`
    echo "YEAR: "$YEAR

    set NEWDATE="$MONTH$DAY$YEAR"
    echo "NEWDATE: "$NEWDATE
    #####################################

    Svend

    -----Original Message-----
    From: IBM AIX Discussion List [mailto:aix-l@Princeton.EDU]On Behalf Of
    Shawn Bierman
    Sent: Mittwoch, 10. Dezember 2003 22:32
    To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
    Subject: csh method for manipulating a string

    I have no experience with csh but I have a script that I must change. It
    reads in a date of the format "YYMMDD" and I need to take that and change it
    to "MMDDYY". Is csh capable of doing this without perl or awk?

    -shawn

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