Need help on Unix
Hi ,
I have write a shell script which extracts the folder info from an environmental variable.
BASE_DIR="/home/app/goo/co
I need to extract /home/app/goo/collecto from the BASE_DIR variable, below is the commands which I have used , but Iam not getting the actual result
pd= `echo $BASE_DIR | gawk '{print substr($0,1,match($0,"coll
the output Iam getting is /home/app/goo/c and not /home/app/goo/collecto.
kindly help me in this regard
thanks in advance
sam
I have write a shell script which extracts the folder info from an environmental variable.
BASE_DIR="/home/app/goo/co
I need to extract /home/app/goo/collecto from the BASE_DIR variable, below is the commands which I have used , but Iam not getting the actual result
pd= `echo $BASE_DIR | gawk '{print substr($0,1,match($0,"coll
the output Iam getting is /home/app/goo/c and not /home/app/goo/collecto.
kindly help me in this regard
thanks in advance
sam
pd= `echo $BASE_DIR | gawk '{{match($1,"Collecto");pr
pd=$(dirname $BASE_DIR)
pd=$(echo $BASE_DIR | awk -F"collecto" '{print $1 FS}')
pd=$(echo $BASE_DIR | sed 's/\(^\/.*collecto\).*/\1/
pd=$(echo $BASE_DIR | awk -F"collecto" '{print $1 FS}')
pd=$(echo $BASE_DIR | sed 's/\(^\/.*collecto\).*/\1/
What would you want $pd to contain if "collecto" did not occur in $BASE_DIR
or "collecto" occurred multiple times in $BASE_DIR, or if "collectorship" occurs in $BASE_DIR
or if there were more levels of directories under collecto?
Some of the suggested solutions produce different results in those cases.
or "collecto" occurred multiple times in $BASE_DIR, or if "collectorship" occurs in $BASE_DIR
or if there were more levels of directories under collecto?
Some of the suggested solutions produce different results in those cases.
ASKER
hi ozo
if collecto is not present in $BASE_DIR it should throw an error and exit, if collecto appears multiple times in basedir , the one after goo should be used , no collectorship should not be selected , it should error out , even if there are more levels of directories uner collecto , the variable pd should contain only the path upto collecto.
if collecto is not present in $BASE_DIR it should throw an error and exit, if collecto appears multiple times in basedir , the one after goo should be used , no collectorship should not be selected , it should error out , even if there are more levels of directories uner collecto , the variable pd should contain only the path upto collecto.
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hi woolmilkproc
question 1: when collecto is the last element then , I have to store the entire path in my pd variable.
Question 2: if only collecto is present then store the entire path in pd variable upto collecto.
question 1: when collecto is the last element then , I have to store the entire path in my pd variable.
Question 2: if only collecto is present then store the entire path in pd variable upto collecto.
OK. A bit more code, but here you go:
if echo "$BASE_DIR" | grep -qw "collecto"; then
SEP="collecto"
if echo "$BASE_DIR" | grep -q "goo/collecto"; then
SEP="goo/collecto"
fi
pd=$(echo "$BASE_DIR" | awk -F"$SEP" '{print $1 FS}')
else
echo "Error. Invalid Path!"
exit 22
fi
if echo "$BASE_DIR" | grep -qw "collecto"; then
SEP="collecto"
if echo "$BASE_DIR" | grep -q "goo/collecto"; then
SEP="goo/collecto"
fi
pd=$(echo "$BASE_DIR" | awk -F"$SEP" '{print $1 FS}')
else
echo "Error. Invalid Path!"
exit 22
fi
ASKER
thanks , that really met my requirement
BASE_DIR="/home/app/goo/co
pd=${BASE_DIR%/*}