reading path from a text file using bash script
 

hi all

I have a text file which consist file names with complete path.
I want a script which takeout path of file one by one and store path in a variable and file name in other variable.

i am giving you some part of this text file:

/root/Documents/ListOfnts.ods
/root/Documents/NewCmpnDet.xls
/root/Documents/ComTstChkLst.ods
/root/Documents/compstat.ods
/root/Documents/PDF BOOKS/handbook.pdf
/root/Documents/200804A0/04042008944.jpg
/root/Documents/printer/steps.txt
/root/Documents/AC97/bus.h


with the help of script I want output like this
PATH=/root/Documents/
FILE=ListOfnts.ods


Thanks
MKSC

Hi,

You could use the basename and dirname commands to split directories from filenames. The first one (basename) will strip the dir part, the other one does the opposite:

A simple onliner to show it in action, using your example:
Hope this helps.

You can either use the dirname and basename commands into a loop which reads the file line by line, or use the following parameter substitution:
where $line is the current line read from the file.

An aside note: don't use PATH as name of a variable in your script, since it is a reserved word for the environment variable PATH. If you change its value inside your script, most likely you will get "Command not found" errors for subsequent statements.