[Help-bash] Is there a way to combine multiple string operations in the same command?

[Peng Yu]

Hi,

For example, I want to trim off /* from $x but only print from the 2nd
character of $x. The following does not work.

echo ${{x:1}%/*}

But I don't want to introduce temp var or change the content of x.

Is there a way to combine such multiple string operations in the same command?

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Regards,
Peng