There is a much simpler way. Signed-off-by: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@xxxxxxxxx> --- GIT-VERSION-GEN | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/GIT-VERSION-GEN b/GIT-VERSION-GEN index 0d00fa3d9a..c0f6bb242f 100755 --- a/GIT-VERSION-GEN +++ b/GIT-VERSION-GEN @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ fi : "${VN:=$DEF_VER}" -VN=$(expr "$VN" : 'v*\(.*\)') +VN=${VN#v} if test -r $GVF then -- 2.40.0+fc1