If I the path to a directory, what command can I use to return the actual name of that directory.
test=`pwd`/folder1
> $test
folder1
I'd rather avoid anything with regular expressions. Any ideas? (1 Reply)
I have a script in which i want to print absolute path of the same script irrespective of path from where i run script.
I am using
test.sh:
echo "pwd : `pwd`"
echo "script name: $0"
echo "dirname: `dirname $0`"
when i run script from /my/test/dir/struct as ../test.sh the output i... (10 Replies)
Hi,
I have a file abcd.txt which has contents in the form of full path file names i.e.
$home> vi abcd.txt
/a/b/c/r1.txt
/q/w/e/r2.txt
/z/x/c/r3.txt
Now I want to retrieve only the directory path name for each row
i.e
/a/b/c/
/q/w/e/
How to get the same through shell script?... (7 Replies)
If I enter (simplified):
find . -printf "%p\n"
then all files in the output are prepended by a "." like
./local/share/test23.log
How can achieve that
a.) the leading "./" is omitted
and/or
b.) the full path to the current directory is inserted (enclosed by brackets and a blank)... (1 Reply)
Hi, I am using the following code to check if directory is empty:
if ; then
echo "There is no files in the input"
sleep 60
fi
And indir path is:
/CH_ROOT/PRD/MAIN/INPUT/SDNTL/Interconnect
Only when I am using the above path I get an error "too many arguments". I tried with 10... (4 Replies)
Hello,
I am looking for a command that will give me the last directory name from a path
ex 1 :
/dir1/dir/2/dir3/
output needed
dir3
ex 2 :
/dir1/dir/2/dir3/dir4/
output needed
dir4 (1 Reply)
My input is as below :
/splunk/scrubbed/rebate/IFIND.REBTE.WROC.txt
/splunk/scrubbed/rebate/IFIND.REBTE.WROC.txt
/splunk/scrubbed/loyal/IFIND.HELLO.WROC.txt
/splunk/scrubbed/triumph/ifind.triumph.txt
From the above input I want to extract the file names only .
Basically I want to... (5 Replies)
I'm writing python script to get the file-names in the current directory and file sizes .I'm able to get file list and their sizes but unable to pass them through command line. I want to use this script to execute on other directory and pass directory path with file name through command line. Any... (1 Reply)
Hello,
I am creating a file with all the source folders included in my git branch, when i grep for the used source, i found source included as relative path instead of absolute path, how can convert relative path to absolute path without changing directory to that folder and using readlink -f ? ... (4 Replies)
What is the difference ../directory path and ./directory path in ksh? (1 Reply)
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dirname
DIRNAME(3) BSD Library Functions Manual DIRNAME(3)NAME
dirname -- extract the directory part of a pathname
SYNOPSIS
#include <libgen.h>
char *
dirname(char *path);
DESCRIPTION
The dirname() function is the converse of basename(3); it returns a pointer to the parent directory of the pathname pointed to by path. Any
trailing '/' characters are not counted as part of the directory name. If path is a null pointer, the empty string, or contains no '/' char-
acters, dirname() returns a pointer to the string ".", signifying the current directory.
IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
The dirname() function returns a pointer to internal storage space allocated on the first call that will be overwritten by subsequent calls.
Other vendor implementations of dirname() may modify the contents of the string passed to dirname(); if portability is desired, this should
be taken into account when writing code which calls this function.
LEGACY SYNOPSIS
#include <libgen.h>
char *
dirname(const char *path);
In legacy mode, path will not be changed.
RETURN VALUES
On successful completion, dirname() returns a pointer to the parent directory of path.
If dirname() fails, a null pointer is returned and the global variable errno is set to indicate the error.
ERRORS
The following error codes may be set in errno:
[ENAMETOOLONG] The path component to be returned was larger than MAXPATHLEN.
SEE ALSO basename(1), dirname(1), basename(3), compat(5)STANDARDS
The dirname() function conforms to X/Open Portability Guide Issue 4, Version 2 (``XPG4.2'').
HISTORY
The dirname() function first appeared in OpenBSD 2.2 and FreeBSD 4.2.
AUTHORS
Todd C. Miller
BSD October 12, 2006 BSD