Mask a string showing only the last few characters, useful for credit cards or SSNs.
Code
Utilitieslen=${#str}; maskLen=$((len - visibleChars)); printf "%0.s$maskChar" $(seq 1 $maskLen); echo "${str: -$visibleChars}"Parameters
The string to mask.
Number of characters to show at the end.
Character to use for masking.
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