11-14-2007
a possible result of subst is e.g. following four lines:
M:\: => C:\subdir1\subdir11\subdir111
N:\: => D:\subdir2\subdir22\subdir222
W:\: => C:\subdir3\subdir33\subdir333
Z:\: => E:\subdir4\subdir44\subdir444
the whole command has to extract the deepest subdir from the line which starts with the string MYSTRING.
E.g. if MYSTRING=W:\: then the command should return subdir333 and assign it to MYVAR
I double-checked and the quote pairs are matching up and the string is correctly set with the exact number of backslashes.
It might be possible to grep for just e.g. M: instead of M:\: so I eliminate the unnecessary backslash complications, however I don't know how to change the format of the subsequent sed substitute command in that case...
I guess it wouldn't start with s/.* but something else.
Here the excerpt of the script as it is now:
.....
MYSTRING=`pwd |awk -F \/ '{print $3}'|tr '[a-z]' '[A-Z]'`
MYSTRING="$MYSTRING:\\:"
MYVAR=`subst |grep "$MYSTRING" | sed -e 's/.*\\\//'`;
.....
if I echo MYVAR it is empty.
The old script using a constant string as grep argument is working fine:
MYVAR=`subst |grep 'L\:\\\:' | sed -e 's/.*\\\//'`;
Last edited by snowbiker99; 11-14-2007 at 07:00 PM..
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shtool-subst
SHTOOL-SUBST.TMP(1) GNU Portable Shell Tool SHTOOL-SUBST.TMP(1)
NAME
shtool-subst - GNU shtool sed(1) substitution operations
SYNOPSIS
shtool subst [-v|--verbose] [-t|--trace] [-n|--nop] [-w|--warning] [-q|--quiet] [-s|--stealth] [-i|--interactive] [-b|--backup ext]
[-e|--exec cmd] [-f|--file cmd-file] [file] [file ...]
DESCRIPTION
This command applies one or more sed(1) substitution operations to stdin or any number of files.
OPTIONS
The following command line options are available.
-v, --verbose
Display some processing information.
-t, --trace
Enable the output of the essential shell commands which are executed.
-n, --nop
No operation mode. Actual execution of the essential shell commands which would be executed is suppressed.
-w, --warning
Show warning on substitution operation resulting in no content change on every file. The default is to show a warning on substitution
operations resulted in no content change on all files.
-q, --quiet
Suppress warning on substitution operation resulting in no content change.
-s, --stealth
Stealth operation. Preserve timestamp on file.
-i, --interactive
Enter interactive mode where the user has to approve each operation.
-b, --backup ext
Preserve backup of original file using file name extension ext. Default is to overwrite the original file.
-e, --exec cmd
Specify sed(1) command directly.
-f, --file cmd-file
Read sed(1) command from file.
EXAMPLE
# shell script
shtool subst -i -e 's;(c) ([0-9]*)-2000;(c) 1-2001;' *.[ch]
# RPM spec-file
%install
shtool subst -v -n
-e 's;^(prefix=).*;1 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix};g'
-e 's;^(sysconfdir=).*;1 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/etc;g'
`find . -name Makefile -print`
make install
HISTORY
The GNU shtool subst command was originally written by Ralf S. Engelschall <rse@engelschall.com> in 2001 for GNU shtool. It was prompted
by the need to have a uniform and convenient patching frontend to sed(1) operations in the OpenPKG package specifications.
SEE ALSO
shtool(1), sed(1).
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