[linux-help] Re: Quick BASH/Perl Question

[Curtis Hawthorne <cghawthorne@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks!  Works great.

--- Steven Saner <ssaner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Since John answered the first question, I will
> answer the second.
> 
> There are a couple ways. Assume that the string is
> in $str and you
> want the first letter in $val.
> 
> $str =~ m/^(.)/;
> $val = $1;
> 
> or
> 
> $val = substr($str, 0, 1);
> 
> Might be more ways too
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, Jan 10, 2001 at 03:03:12PM -0800, Curtis
> Hawthorne wrote:
> > 
> > First, in BASH, how do I test for the presence of
> any
> > .log (*.log) file in a directory?  If I do "test
> -a
> > *.log" it says there's too many arguments.
> > 
> > Second, in Perl what's the easiset way to grab the
> > first letter of a string, preferably without
> splitting
> > the whole thing into a letter by letter array?
> > 
> > Thanks!
> > 
> > Curtis
> > 
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