Manipulate Paths and Filenames
Bash, Linux, Sysadmin
BASH scripts often require manipulation of the pathname of files/directories.
Get Any Path in a Filename
You may need access to the target file’s parent directory, or you may need the file/directory name seperated from it’s path.
# Example pathname
pathname=parent/child/target
echo $(basename $pathname)
# returns target
echo $(basename $(dirname $pathname))
# returns child
echo $(basename $(dirname $(dirname $pathname)))
#returns parentStrip Trailing Slash
DIR=test/
SOURCE_DIR=${DIR%/}
echo $SOURCE_DIR
# returns testcomments powered by Disqus