Command Line - Software

Command SUBSTR

Function:

Extract a section of text from a text string. The extracted text string is stored in an environment variable called SUBSTR.
Syntax:

SUBSTR pos size [text]

pos Position to start extracting text from, where the first character is at position 1, the second character is at position 2 and so on.

size Number of characters to extract.

text A sequence of characters.

Note:

Parameter pos can also be negative. The last character is at position -1, the second last character is -2 and so on.
Examples on using SUBSTR.
Also see command STRSPLIT, STRFIND, STRRFIND and Batch Programs.