Ubuntu 16.04
Even thou the output of for
client in */; dodoesn’t produce a trailing slash, the trailing slash appears if I echo the variable $client while performing a time test on the file, within the loop.cd "$wDir" for client in */; do cd "$wDir"/"$client"; #-- check to see if any .csv files exists if ls *.csv &>/dev/null; then for csvfile in *.csv; do if test $(find "$csvfile" -mmin +2880); then echo "$client has files older than 2 days ..." >> "staleFtpAccts" fi done fi doneWhen I execute the script, a / is placed after the $client variable like so:
root@me /home/frank # bash script.sh Start ... 000029_000020/ has files older than 2 days ... #-- Finished ... Start ... 000033_000040/ has files older than 2 days ... #-- Finished ... Start ... 000033_000041/ has files older than 2 days ... #-- Finished ... Start ... 000033_000042/ has files older than 2 days ... #-- Finished ... Start ... 000033_000043/ has files older than 2 days ... #-- Finished ...This is the result I am after …
root@me /home/frank # bash script.sh Start ... 000029_000020 has files older than 2 days ... #-- Finished ... Start ... 000033_000040 has files older than 2 days ... #-- Finished ... Start ... 000033_000041 has files older than 2 days ... #-- Finished ... Start ... 000033_000042 has files older than 2 days ... #-- Finished ... Start ... 000033_000043 has files older than 2 days ... #-- Finished ...
Answer
Try this posix parameter expansion :
echo "${client%/}"
so
echo "${client%/} has files older than 2 days ..."
Parameter Expansion expands parameters:
"$foo","$1". You can use it to perform string or array operations:"${file%.mp3}","${0##*/}", "${files[@]: -4}". They should always be quoted. See: http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ/073 and “Parameter Expansion” in man bash. Also see http://wiki.bash-hackers.org/syntax/pe.
Attribution
Source : Link , Question Author : Curious Sam , Answer Author : Gilles Quenot
