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=={{header|UNIX Shell}}==
Only zsh supports nest string manipulation.
 
First ''or'' last character:
<lang bash>
 
#!/bin/zsh
<lang bash>str='abcdefg'
echo "${str#?}" # Remove first char
echo "${str%?}" # Remove last char</lang>
 
echo ${${str#?}%?} # Remove first & last chars
First ''and'' last character:
</lang>
 
: Only zsh supports nestnested string manipulation.
: <lang bash>echo ${${str#?}%?} # Remove first & last chars</lang>
: bash and ksh, use substring expansion, from character index 1 for length of (string length) minus 2
: <lang bash>echo "${s:1:${#s}-2}"</lang>
: POSIX shells like dash, need a temp variable
: <lang bash>tmp=${s#?}; tmp=${tmp%?}; echo "$tmp"</lang>
 
=={{header|Vala}}==
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