To extract joebloggs from this string in bash using parameter expansion without any extra processes...

MYVAR="/var/cpanel/users/joebloggs:DNS9=domain.com" 

NAME=${MYVAR%:*}  # retain the part before the colon
NAME=${NAME##*/}  # retain the part after the last slash
echo $NAME

Doesn't depend on joebloggs being at a particular depth in the path.

Summary

An overview of a few parameter expansion modes, for reference...

${MYVAR#pattern}     # delete shortest match of pattern from the beginning
${MYVAR##pattern}    # delete longest match of pattern from the beginning
${MYVAR%pattern}     # delete shortest match of pattern from the end
${MYVAR%%pattern}    # delete longest match of pattern from the end

So # means match from the beginning (think of a comment line) and % means from the end. One instance means shortest and two instances means longest.

You can get substrings based on position using numbers:

${MYVAR:3}   # Remove the first three chars (leaving 4..end)
${MYVAR::3}  # Return the first three characters
${MYVAR:3:5} # The next five characters after removing the first 3 (chars 4-9)

You can also replace particular strings or patterns using:

${MYVAR/search/replace}

The pattern is in the same format as file-name matching, so * (any characters) is common, often followed by a particular symbol like / or .

Examples:

Given a variable like

MYVAR="users/joebloggs/domain.com" 
#Remove the path leaving file name (all characters up to a slash):

echo ${MYVAR##*/}
$ domain.com
#Remove the file name, leaving the path (delete shortest match after last /):

echo ${MYVAR%/*}
$ users/joebloggs
#Get just the file extension (remove all before last period):

echo ${MYVAR##*.}
$ com

NOTE: To do two operations, you can't combine them, but have to assign to an intermediate variable. So to get the file name without path or extension:

NAME=${MYVAR##*/}      # remove part before last slash
echo ${NAME%.*}        # from the new var remove the part after the last period
$ domain

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