* [FOREWORD](#foreword)
* [STRINGS](#strings)
* [Trim leading and trailing white-space from string](#Trim-leading-and-trailing-white-space-from-string)
# FOREWORD
A collection of pure bash
alternatives to external processes and programs. The bash
scripting language is more powerful than people realise and most tasks can be accomplished without depending on external programs.
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# STRINGS
## Trim leading and trailing white-space from string
This is an alternative to sed
, awk
, perl
and other tools. The
function below works by finding all leading and trailing white-space and
removing it from the start and end of the string. The :
built-in is used in place of a temporary variable.