$ echo ${PWD##*/}
somefolder
$ if "${PWD##*/}" -eq "asdf" > /dev/null; then echo
"this is the asdf folder"; else exit 1; fi
bash: notthatfolder: command not found...
this is the asdf folder
$
So i just want to check that i'm in an exact folder. e.g.: "asdf"
What's wrong with my one-liner?
I just want to check, that a script is in a folder, and if it isn't, then it
exits
On Wed, Jan 05, 2011 at 02:26:12AM -0800, S Mathias wrote:> $ echo ${PWD##*/} > somefolder > $ if "${PWD##*/}" -eq "asdf" > /dev/null; then echo "this is the asdf folder"; else exit 1; fi > bash: notthatfolder: command not found... > this is the asdf folder > $ > > > So i just want to check that i'm in an exact folder. e.g.: "asdf" > > What's wrong with my one-liner?What's wrong is you can't read man pages or research on your own. "man bash"; your problem is covered there. John -- Much of what looks like rudeness in hacker circles is not intended to give offense. Rather, it's the product of the direct, cut-through-the-bullshit communications style that is natural to people who are more concerned about solving problems than making others feel warm and fuzzy. http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20110105/99f187cd/attachment-0003.sig>
On 1/5/11 4:42 AM, John R. Dennison wrote:> On Wed, Jan 05, 2011 at 02:26:12AM -0800, S Mathias wrote: >> $ echo ${PWD##*/} >> somefolder >> $ if "${PWD##*/}" -eq "asdf"> /dev/null; then echo "this is the asdf folder"; else exit 1; fi >> bash: notthatfolder: command not found... >> this is the asdf folder >> $ >> >> >> So i just want to check that i'm in an exact folder. e.g.: "asdf" >> >> What's wrong with my one-liner? > > What's wrong is you can't read man pages or research on your > own. "man bash"; your problem is covered there.It is there, but it's pretty obscure. A hint is that 'if' wants to execute something, and in the old days /bin/test and /bin/[ used to be links to the same executable. These days the executables are in /usr/bin and not linked (don't know the reason for either...) but they are also shell builtins. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com