12-05-2008
need sed command to read a path and set to variable
I have a variable called PATH that contains a path
example: /Users/rtipton/Desktop/testusers/test
I need a sed command to set a variable called USER to the last directory name in that path
PATH="/Users/rtipton/Desktop/testusers/test"
and from that PATH i need USER to = test
I know sed can do this but sed usage is still a bit of a mystery to me
Thanks,
Rob
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jifty::util
Jifty::Util(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation Jifty::Util(3pm)
NAME
Jifty::Util - Things that don't fit anywhere else
DESCRIPTION
absolute_path PATH
"absolute_path" converts PATH into an absolute path, relative to the application's root (as determined by "app_root") This can be called
as an object or class method.
canonicalize_path PATH
Takes a "path" style /foo/bar/baz and returns a canonicalized (but not necessarily absolute) version of the path. Always use "/" as the
separator, even on platforms which recognizes both "/" and "" as valid separators in PATH.
jifty_root
Returns the root directory that Jifty has been installed into. Uses %INC to figure out where Jifty.pm is.
share_root
Returns the 'share' directory of the installed Jifty module. This is currently only used to store the common Mason components, CSS, and JS
of Jifty and it's plugins.
app_root
Returns the application's root path. This is done by returning $ENV{'JIFTY_APP_ROOT'} if it exists. If not, Jifty tries searching upward
from the current directory, looking for a directory which contains a "bin/jifty". Failing that, it searches upward from wherever the
executable was found.
It "die"s if it can only find "/usr" or "/usr/local" which fit these criteria.
is_app_root PATH
Returns a boolean indicating whether the path passed in is the same path as the app root. Useful if you're recursing up a directory tree
and want to stop when you've hit the root. It does not attempt to handle symbolic links.
default_app_name
Returns the default name of the application. This is the name of the application's root directory, as defined by "app_root".
make_path PATH
When handed a directory, creates that directory, starting as far up the chain as necessary. (This is what 'mkdir -p' does in your shell).
require PATH
Uses UNIVERSAL::require to require the provided "PATH". Additionally, logs any failures at the "error" log level.
try_to_require Module
This method works just like "require", except that it suppresses the error message in cases where the module isn't found.
already_required class
Helper function to test whether a given class has already been loaded.
generate_uuid
Generate a new UUID using Data::UUID.
reference_to_data Object
Provides a saner output format for models than "MyApp::Model::Foo=HASH(0x1800568)".
stringify LIST
Takes a list of values and forces them into strings. Right now all it does is concatenate them to an empty string, but future versions
might be more magical.
AUTHOR
Various folks at Best Practical Solutions, LLC.
perl v5.14.2 2010-12-08 Jifty::Util(3pm)