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[henman <dhenman@xxxxxxxxx>]

Subject: How to compare for control codes in a string
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I want to see if the 1st character in a string is a formfeed and then remove it.

I use the following script to check it

    if [[ $line[1] == '\f' ]]    # Check if the 1st character is a formfeed
        then tmpline=${line[@]:1}  # strip the ^f off
        fi

but it's not working.  How should it be checked?


Thank you.
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