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ted_chou12 09-10-2013 08:29 AM
bash eliminate second last of the seperated string
 
Hi I would like to have:
/mnt/main/dir1/dir2/file.ext
to
/mnt/main/dir/

I have tried:
fname="${file#*/}"
and
bdir=$(echo "$file" | awk -F / '{if (NF>2) {print $NF}}')
seems like I am not getting the solution,
Thanks,
Ted.

schneidz 09-10-2013 08:36 AM
does this help:
Code:
[schneidz@hyper ~]$ d1=`dirname /mnt/main/dir1/dir2/file.ext`
[schneidz@hyper ~]$ dirname $d1
/mnt/main/dir1

Firerat 09-10-2013 08:41 AM
This will do it

Code:
file=/mnt/main/dir1/dir2/file.ext
echo "${file%/*/*}/"

ted_chou12 09-10-2013 12:22 PM
Thanks,
Ted


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