Using curly braces to process colon-separated variables

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                          If we do:

    VAR=100:200:300:400

We can do:

    echo ${VAR%%:*}
    100

and

    echo ${VAR##*:}
    400

Are there any equivalents I could use to get the values of 200 and 300?

For instance, a way to get only what's between the second and third colon specifically in case there are more than just 3 colons?

Asked by Cestarian (2468 rep)

Apr 26, 2025, 03:54 AM
Last activity: Apr 26, 2025, 10:52 PM

Using curly braces to process colon-separated variables

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