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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting what does this piece of code do? Post 302075600 by tmarikle on Monday 5th of June 2006 04:12:01 PM
Old 06-05-2006
1) Change to the previous directory and redirect any output to the bit bucket.
2) dname takes the fully qualified filename and removes "/a.txt" leaving only the path.

e.g. "/dirA/dirB"

3) By removing all characters to the left of the last "/" and including the "/" and appending "1" to it. This uses the shell built-in pattern matching capabilities and effectively strips off all text to and including the last "/" character.
 

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GIT-VAR(1)                                                          Git Manual                                                          GIT-VAR(1)

NAME
git-var - Show a Git logical variable SYNOPSIS
git var ( -l | <variable> ) DESCRIPTION
Prints a Git logical variable. OPTIONS
-l Cause the logical variables to be listed. In addition, all the variables of the Git configuration file .git/config are listed as well. (However, the configuration variables listing functionality is deprecated in favor of git config -l.) EXAMPLE
$ git var GIT_AUTHOR_IDENT Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@lnxi.com> 1121223278 -0600 VARIABLES
GIT_AUTHOR_IDENT The author of a piece of code. GIT_COMMITTER_IDENT The person who put a piece of code into Git. GIT_EDITOR Text editor for use by Git commands. The value is meant to be interpreted by the shell when it is used. Examples: ~/bin/vi, $SOME_ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE, "C:Program FilesVimgvim.exe" --nofork. The order of preference is the $GIT_EDITOR environment variable, then core.editor configuration, then $VISUAL, then $EDITOR, and then the default chosen at compile time, which is usually vi. GIT_PAGER Text viewer for use by Git commands (e.g., less). The value is meant to be interpreted by the shell. The order of preference is the $GIT_PAGER environment variable, then core.pager configuration, then $PAGER, and then the default chosen at compile time (usually less). SEE ALSO
git-commit-tree(1) git-tag(1) git-config(1) GIT
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