02-25-2013
How-To Trim user input
Hi,
The user inputs either "/tmp/bea" or "/tmp/bea/". Regardless my script should extract and store in a variable the last directory in the user input path.
Desired output: "bea"
Please help.
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i-ls(1) General Commands Manual i-ls(1)
NAME
i-ls - display file stat and checksum information for files
SYNOPSIS
i-ls [-s] filename
i-ls [-s] dirname
Specify a filename for i-ls to examine, or specify a directory with dirname to examine all the files in the directory.
-s
Do not show/calculate checksums for all regular files.
DESCRIPTION
The integrit system detects intrusion by detecting when trusted files have been altered.
integrit records information about files in a database. i-ls allows the user to see that information for live files.
The output syntax is the same as that of integrit.
EXAMPLES
i-ls /tmp/foo.txt
shows file stat attributes for the file, "/tmp/foo.txt".
i-ls /tmp
shows file stat attributes for all files in the directory, "/tmp".
i-ls -s /tmp
shows file stat attributes for all files in the directory, "/tmp", also including also checksums for all regular files.
AUTHOR
Ed L Cashin <ecashin@users.sourceforge.net>
See the integrit web site for up to date releases and information at
http://integrit.sourceforge.net/
SEE ALSO
Integrit File Verification System Manual (info), lstat(2)
Version 4.1 Jul 27, 2001 i-ls(1)