04-06-2019
Hello nag_sathi,
This is called "parameter expansion" see following from documentation.
Quote:
${parameter%word}
${parameter%%word}
The word is expanded to produce a pattern and matched according to the rules described below (see Pattern Matching). If the pattern matches If the pattern matches a trailing portion of the expanded value of parameter, then the result of the expansion is the value of parameter with the shortest matching pattern (the ‘%' case) or the longest matching pattern (the ‘%%' case) deleted. If parameter is ‘@' or ‘*', the pattern removal operation is applied to each positional parameter in turn, and the expansion is the resultant list. If parameter is an array variable subscripted with ‘@' or ‘*', the pattern removal operation is applied to each member of the array in turn, and the expansion is the resultant list
Here is the link for understanding parameter expansion too.
Shell Parameter Expansion (Bash Reference Manual)
I hope this helps.
Thanks,
R. Singh
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fnmatch
fnmatch(3C) Standard C Library Functions fnmatch(3C)
NAME
fnmatch - match filename or path name
SYNOPSIS
#include <fnmatch.h>
int fnmatch(const char *pattern, const char *string, int flags);
DESCRIPTION
The fnmatch() function matches patterns as described on the fnmatch(5) manual page. It checks the string argument to see if it matches the
pattern argument.
The flags argument modifies the interpretation of pattern and string. It is the bitwise inclusive OR of zero or more of the following flags
defined in the header <fnmatch.h>.
FNM_PATHNAME If set, a slash (/) character in string will be explicitly matched by a slash in pattern; it will not be matched by
either the asterisk (*) or question-mark (?) special characters, nor by a bracket ([]) expression.
If not set, the slash character is treated as an ordinary character.
FNM_NOESCAPE If not set, a backslash character () in pattern followed by any other character will match that second character
in string. In particular, "\" will match a backslash in string.
If set, a backslash character will be treated as an ordinary character.
FNM_PERIOD If set, a leading period in string will match a period in pattern; where the location of "leading" is indicated by
the value of FNM_PATHNAME:
o If FNM_PATHNAME is set, a period is "leading" if it is the first character in string or if it immediately fol-
lows a slash.
o If FNM_PATHNAME is not set, a period is "leading" only if it is the first character of string.
If not set, no special restrictions are placed on matching a period.
RETURN VALUES
If string matches the pattern specified by pattern, then fnmatch() returns 0. If there is no match, fnmatch() returns FNM_NOMATCH, which is
defined in the header <fnmatch.h>. If an error occurs, fnmatch() returns another non-zero value.
USAGE
The fnmatch() function has two major uses. It could be used by an application or utility that needs to read a directory and apply a pattern
against each entry. The find(1) utility is an example of this. It can also be used by the pax(1) utility to process its pattern operands,
or by applications that need to match strings in a similar manner.
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names, rather than path names, since it gives no special significance to the slash character. With the FNM_PATHNAME flag, fnmatch() does
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ATTRIBUTES
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+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|CSI |Enabled |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface Stability |Standard |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|MT-Level |MT-Safe with exceptions |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
find(1), pax(1), glob(3C), setlocale(3C), wordexp(3C), attributes(5), fnmatch(5), standards(5)
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