Stefan Sperling:

> > +trim()
> > +{
> > +	expr "$2" : "\(.\{$1\}\)"
> > +}
> 
> Seems this returns an empty string if the input is shorter than
> the requested trim amount.

That can easily be changed by specifying a lower bound:

	expr "$2" : "\(.\{1,$1\}\)"

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Christian "naddy" Weisgerber                          naddy@mips.inka.de