Abstract

The second cut problem from HackerRank.

Cut 2

Problem

Display the \(2^{nd}\) and \(7^{th}\) character from each line of text.

Input Format

A text file with \(N\) lines of ASCII text only.

Constraints

• \(1 \le N \le 100\)

Output Format

The output should contain \(N\) lines. Each line should contain just two characters at the \(2^{nd}\) and the \(7^{th}\) position of the corresponding input line.

Sample Input

Hello

World

how are you

Sample Output

e

o

oe

Solution

cut-2.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# shellcheck disable=SC2162
while read line_txt; do
    echo "${line_txt}" | cut -c 2,7
done