How can I parse a string using bash to get a number

Question

I have the following string:

PR-1769|7bb12d4152a497cef491e0a1088b3984ad92972f|jaga|

How can I parse the string above using bash so that I get t

Answer 1

It could be done using awk:

echo 'PR-1769|7bb12d4152a497cef491e0a1088b3984ad92972f|jaga|'|awk -F'|' '{print substr($1, 4)}'