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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting cutting unix path after known directoryname Post 302418543 by Qube on Tuesday 4th of May 2010 04:10:59 PM
Old 05-04-2010
cutting unix path after known directoryname
Hi scripters,

I know sed can do this, but I'm not to well trained to achieve this.

Problem: wherever I am in my filesystem, with a 'pwd' I can check where I am.
It may be "/usr/local/apache/etc/conf" or "/opt/apache/var/log/backup" or "/var/log/backup/apache/2009/december"

Now from these paths I want to catch the part up to "apache" and cut everyting that comes behind it, so I 'll get /usr/local/apache, /opt/apache and /var/log/backup/apache.
Can this be done?
If possible with a bit of explanation, please.

Thanks alot, Qube
 

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gpe-question

GPE-QUESTION(1) 						   gpe-question 						   GPE-QUESTION(1)

NAME

       gpe-question - GPE interface for asking questions from shell scripts.

SYNOPSIS

       gpe-question [---icon] name {--question "Question text"} {--buttons icon1:text1} [icon2:text2 ...]

DESCRIPTION

       This manual page was written for the Debian(TM) distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.

       gpe-question provides dialogues to raise a question within the GPE Palmtop Environment with cancel and ok buttons.

OPTIONS

       --question STRING
	  The question to ask the user via the dialogue.

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	  The type and label of the button(s) to be shown. Repeat for additional buttons.

EXAMPLES

       gpe-question "test" --question "Do you want to check first?"  --buttons YES:yes NO:no

AUTHOR

       This manual page was written by Neil Williams <codehelp@debian.org> for the Debian(TM) system (but may be used by others). Permission is
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AUTHOR

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	  Author.

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Debian 1							 January 16, 2007						   GPE-QUESTION(1)
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