short.ts 350 Bytes
import { PipeTransform, Pipe } from '@angular/core';

@Pipe ({
    name: 'short'
})
export class ShortPipe implements PipeTransform {
    transform(value: string): string {
        if (value === null) {
            value = '';
        }
        if (value.length > 19) {
            return value.substr(0, 19);
        }
        return value;
    }
}