Abstract

The third cut problem from HackerRank.

Cut 3#

Cut #3 | HackerRank

Problem#

Display a range of characters starting at the \(2^{nd}\) position of a string and ending at the \(7^{th}\) position (both positions included).

Input Format#

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

Constraints#

  • \(1 \le N \le 100\)

Output Format#

The output should contain \(N\) lines. Each line should contain the range of characters starting at the \(2^{nd}\) position of a string and ending at the \(7^{th}\) position (both positions included).

Sample Input#

Hello
World
how are you

Sample Output#

ello
orld
ow are

Solution#

cut-3.sh#
#!/usr/bin/env bash

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