Lesson 8: Working with Bash Strings

Working with Strings

Strings are a fundamental part of any programming language, and Bash is no exception.

In this article, you will see some common string operations

String Concatenation

str1="Hello"
str2="World"
result="$str1 $str2"
echo $result  # Output: Hello World

String Length

str="Hello"
length=${#str}
echo $length  # Output: 5

Substring Extraction

str="Hello World"
substr=${str:6:5}
echo $substr  # Output: World

String Replacement

str="Hello World"
new_str=${str/World/Bash}
echo $new_str  # Output: Hello Bash

String Comparison

str1="Hello"
str2="World"
if [ "$str1" = "$str2" ]; then
    echo "Strings are equal"
else
    echo "Strings are not equal"
fi

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