Get string after character

Question

I have a string that looks like this    GenFiltEff 7 092200e-01   Using bash  I would like to just get the number after the   character  Is there a way to do this

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For the text after the first   and before the next    cut -d     -f2  lt  lt  lt    your str    or  sed -e  s          1    lt  lt  lt    your str    For all text after the first   regardless of if there are multiple    cut -d     -f2-  lt  lt  lt    your str

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Use parameter expansion  if the value is already stored in a variable     str  GenFiltEff 7 092200e-01    value   str       Or use read    IFS     read name value  lt  lt  lt   GenFiltEff 7 092200e-01    Either way      echo  value 7 092200e-01

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This should work   your str  GenFiltEff 7 092200e-01  echo  your str   cut -d     -f2

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echo  GenFiltEff 7 092200e-01    cut -d     -f2

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word   expr index   word       1    that gets the 7   Assuming you mean the entire rest of the string  just leave off the  1

[string] Get string after character

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