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Insert one string into another in bash; think std::string::insert() in C++
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| # purpose | |
| # ------- | |
| # strip directory and suffix (argument 3) from path (argument 1) forming a prefix | |
| # return the concatenation of prefix, argument 2, and suffix | |
| # usage | |
| # ----- | |
| # ./insert.sh "dir/file.vcf" ".normalized" ".vcf" | |
| # file.normalized.vcf | |
| path=$1 | |
| middle=$2 | |
| suffix=$3 | |
| prefix=`basename $path $suffix` | |
| echo $prefix$middle$suffix |
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