given a relative path, how do i convert it into a full one. i.e. if i am in
/home/polypus
and i am given foo/bar then to get a full path i can just concatinate it with pwd, but what if i am given "../mama"
how do i programmatically convert:
/home/polypus and ../mama into ... (4 Replies)
I have to relatively get the path of a file to use it in the script.
The directory structure is /export/opt/XTools/ and under this there are several version directories - 1.0_A0, 1.0_A1, 1.0_A2 etc.,. The actual file is under these directories: installscript.sh
My script should pickup the... (4 Replies)
Hello all,
my question is whether it possible to get the complete path of a file from the file descriptor iam going through some code for which i dont understood this statement
ifstream s((const byte*)fd);
what exactly this represents any idea.
which is not properly working is there any way... (2 Replies)
I'm having problems accessing the Knoppix software on my current computer and the replacement CD I ordered hasn't arrived yet.
I have a guess at what the answer would be for this question but I am not sure as I cannot test it with the software.
I have to create a directory called class, and... (1 Reply)
Hi all,
I need to mark a file with it's current location in the file system before being moved.
This will enable the file to be restored back to it's original location.
Can anyone provide any ideas about the best way to do this, at present i'm trying to use readlink -m to strip off the... (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 $0`"
when i run script from /my/test/dir/struct as ../test.sh the output i... (10 Replies)
Hello,
I have a doubt:-
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Current script:-
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prefix=user@my-server:
find . -depth -type d -name .git -printf '%h\0' | while read -d "" path ; do (
cd "$path" || exit $?... (4 Replies)
Hello Everyone,
I want to convert
Relative Path - /home/stevin/data/APP_SERVICE/../datafile.txt
to
Absolute Path - /home/stevin/data/datafile.txt
Is there a built-in tool in Unix to do this or any good ideas as to how can I implement this.
-Steve (5 Replies)
Hallo everyone,
I am running an SQL-Script over KShell-Script. Thus, in the KShell-Script there are these lines:
WORKPATH=$PWD/work
EXPORTDIR=export_meine_datei_bitte
EXPORTPATH=${WORKPATH}/${EXPORTDIR}
...
db2 connect to ${DBNAME} || die "can not open database connection"
db2... (9 Replies)
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)
Discussion started by: Sekhar419
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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
colorprint
COLORS(3) libbash colors Library Manual COLORS(3)NAME
colors -- libbash library for setting tty colors.
SYNOPSIS
colorSet <color>
colorReset
colorPrint [<indent>] <color> <text>
colorPrintN [<indent>] <color> <text>
DESCRIPTION
General
colors is a collection of functions that make it very easy to put colored text on tty.
The function list:
colorSet Sets the color of the prints to the tty to COLOR
colorReset Resets current tty color back to normal
colorPrint Prints TEXT in the color COLOR indented by INDENT (without adding a newline)
colorPrintN The same as colorPrint, but trailing newline is added
Detailed interface description follows.
Available colors:
Green
Red
Yellow
White
The color parameter is non-case-sensitive (i.e. RED, red, ReD, and all the other forms are valid and are the same as Red).
FUNCTIONS DESCRIPTIONS
colorSet <color>
Sets the current printing color to color.
colorReset
Resets current tty color back to normal.
colorPrint [<indent>] <color>
Prints text using the color color indented by indent (without adding a newline).
Parameters:
<indent>
The column to move to before start printing. This parameter is optional. If ommitted - start output from current cursor position.
<color>
The color to use.
<color>
The text to print.
colorPrintN [<indent>] <color>
The same as colorPrint, except a trailing newline is added.
EXAMPLES
Printing a green 'Hello World' with a newline:
Using colorSet:
$ colorSet green
$ echo 'Hello World'
$ colorReset
Using colorPrint:
$ colorPrint 'Hello World'; echo
Using colorPrintN:
$ colorPrintN 'Hello World'
AUTHORS
Hai Zaar <haizaar@haizaar.com>
Gil Ran <gil@ran4.net>
SEE ALSO ldbash(1), libbash(1)Linux Epoch Linux