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Bash: How to get part of the directory name?

How can I write a script that determines the directory the user is in, and displays that path up until a particular point?

Specifically, I need to find the text "packages" in the directory name, then I need to capture that directory and the one below it.

For example, if the user is in the /home/smith/packages/cat/abc/def directory, I want to display "/home/smith/packages/cat/".

If the user is in the /home/smith/packages/dog/hij/klm/nop qrs/tuv directory, I want to display "/home/smith/packages/dog/".
 
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GO-PATH(7)						 Miscellaneous Information Manual						GO-PATH(7)

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go - tool for managing Go source code DESCRIPTION
The Go path is used to resolve import statements. It is implemented by and documented in the go/build package. The GOPATH environment variable lists places to look for Go code. On Unix, the value is a colon-separated string. On Windows, the value is a semicolon-separated string. On Plan 9, the value is a list. GOPATH must be set to build and install packages outside the standard Go tree. Each directory listed in GOPATH must have a prescribed structure: The src/ directory holds source code. The path below 'src' determines the import path or executable name. The pkg/ directory holds installed package objects. As in the Go tree, each target operating system and architecture pair has its own sub- directory of pkg (pkg/GOOS_GOARCH). If DIR is a directory listed in the GOPATH, a package with source in DIR/src/foo/bar can be imported as "foo/bar" and has its compiled form installed to "DIR/pkg/GOOS_GOARCH/foo/bar.a". The bin/ directory holds compiled commands. Each command is named for its source directory, but only the final element, not the entire path. That is, the command with source in DIR/src/foo/quux is installed into DIR/bin/quux, not DIR/bin/foo/quux. The foo/ is stripped so that you can add DIR/bin to your PATH to get at the installed commands. If the GOBIN environment variable is set, commands are installed to the directory it names instead of DIR/bin. Here's an example directory layout: GOPATH=/home/user/gocode /home/user/gocode/ src/ foo/ bar/ (go code in package bar) x.go quux/ (go code in package main) y.go bin/ quux (installed command) pkg/ linux_amd64/ foo/ bar.a (installed package object) Go searches each directory listed in GOPATH to find source code, but new packages are always downloaded into the first directory in the list. AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Michael Stapelberg <stapelberg@debian.org>, for the Debian project (and may be used by others). 2012-05-13 GO-PATH(7)