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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LEARN ABOUT MOJAVE
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);
char *
dirname_r(const char *path, char *dname);
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.
dirname_r() is therefore preferred for threaded applications.
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.
[ENOMEM] The static buffer used for storing the path in dirname() could not be allocated.
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. The dirname_r() function first appeared in OS X 10.12.
AUTHORS
Todd C. Miller
BSD October 12, 2006 BSD