Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2022 11:31:07 +0700 From: Eugene Grosbein <eugen@grosbein.net> To: Nuno Teixeira <eduardo@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: sh: getting <category>/<portname> from pwd Message-ID: <d06cd71d-bb8b-192b-d927-0314ae544a11@grosbein.net> In-Reply-To: <CAFDf7UJp9PkrhfMmJRKO7QNTmGQYu7BQYyqczoz-Dy7hP3h74g@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAFDf7UJp9PkrhfMmJRKO7QNTmGQYu7BQYyqczoz-Dy7hP3h74g@mail.gmail.com>
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26.10.2022 5:14, Nuno Teixeira wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I'm writing a shell script to feed poudriere testports and I need to get <category>/<portname> from ports tree:
>
> `pwd`:
> /home/user/work/freebsd/ports/<category>/<portname>
>
> `pwd | rev | cut -d / -f1,2 | rev` do the trick but it is so uggly!
>
> Is there a shell option to get it?
Naturally, there is.
cwd=$(pwd)
echo ${cd##*/ports/}
This is documented in sh(1) manual page, section "Parameter Expansion".
No need to call external tools.
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