Shell Programming and Scripting

I have a script that will be placing a trigger file for other applications.

The user-inputted path is similar to:

Code:

"/data/region/NorthAm/Project HAV 8H"

The project path will not change throughout the script. However, pwd changes as the scanning continues in the script. I need to truncate everything after the project directory "/data/region/NorthAm/Project HAV 8H" so I can apply specific subdirectories for additional trigger files. There are hundreds of subdirectories under each main project path that is inputted by the user, so I need this to be an efficient script, but I can't seem to figure out how to get this done.

Code:

#!/bin/bash
# client inputted directory 'xdir'
xdir=$1
echo $1
 
# other application directories
InclDir="Test, Dev, Prod"
 
# Main Statement
for i in $InclDir
do
echo $i
ndir=$(awk -F/ '{print "/"$2"/",$3"/",$4,"/"$5,"/"%6}`<<< "${xdir}")
echo ${ndir}/${i}
# touch ${ndir}/${i}/${tmp}${dte}.tmp
done

The awk command places spaces in the path, so I know that what I now have doesn't work.

Here is the output of a test run (the touch command commented out for now for obvious reasons)

Code:

Test,
/data/ region/ NorthAm /Project HAV 8H 0/Test,
Dev,
/data/ region/ NorthAm /Project HAV 8H 0/Dev,
Prod
/data/ region/ NorthAm /Project HAV 8H 0/Prod

Is "awk" the only way to get this done? Is there a more efficient way to script this?

Your help in this is greatly appreciated!

Look at the basename utility.

Keep the variable with the base directory (xdir), and simply append the work directories.

Code:

for i in Test Dev Prod
do
 ndir="$xdir/$i"
 echo "$ndir"
done

That's It! Thanks for helping the newbie!!