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# 8  
Old 06-15-2010
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Originally Posted by Scrutinizer
Hi, it could be done like this:
Code:


Code:



abspath=/dir1/dir2/dir3/dir4/dir5
fromdir=dir3
echo ${abspath#${abspath%${fromdir}*}}

result:
Code:
dir3/dir4/dir5

That looks quite elegant :-).Thanks!
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# 9  
Old 06-15-2010
Code:
$ VAR1=/dir1/dir2/dir3/dir4/dir5
$ VAR2=/dir1/dir2
$ echo ${VAR1#${VAR2}}
/dir3/dir4/dir5
$ echo ${VAR1#${VAR2}/}
dir3/dir4/dir5

# 10  
Old 06-15-2010
Code:
# fullpath="dir1/dir2/dir3/dir4/dir5/dir6/dir7/dir8/directory.withpoint/"

Code:
# cutpath="dir1/dir2/dir3/dir4/dir5/"

Code:
# relativepath=${fullpath#*${cutpath}}

Code:
# echo $relativepath
dir6/dir7/dir8/directory.withpoint/

 
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