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Old 01-05-2012
Ensuring / at end of directory path
I have a variable name storing a directory path

Code:
set dirpath = /home/chrisd/tatsh/branches/terr0.50/darwin

I want to ensure there is always a "/" at the end, and if there are more than one "/", that I reduce it to just one.

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I have decided to change this, so ensuring there is not any "/" at the end. If there is a one at the end I want to remove it.
# 2  
Old 01-05-2012
Try this, will remove any no. / in end

Code:
echo "$dirpath" | sed 's/[\/]*$//g'

# 3  
Old 01-05-2012
Rksiva's solution above is far more sensible, messing with Bash substitutions recently and went a little bit overboard here Smilie
Code:
dirpath=/etc///
echo $dirpath
/etc///
while [ ${dirpath:$(( ${#dirpath} - 1 ))}  == '/' ] ; do dirpath=${dirpath:0:$(( ${#dirpath} - 1 ))} ;done
echo $dirpath
/etc

Last edited by vbe; 01-05-2012 at 09:33 AM.. Reason: corrected code tags
# 4  
Old 01-05-2012
Assuming you're using some (t)csh variant:

Code:
while ( "$dirpath" =~ "*/" ) 
  set dirpath = "$dirpath:h"
end

Consider the following though: Csh Programming Considered Harmful.
 
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