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Re: bug on basename
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Pádraig Brady |
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Re: bug on basename |
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Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:56:31 +0000 |
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Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20071008) |
Leonardo wrote:
> basename does not check if the file exists.
That's expected behaviour.
Use the test command to check file existence:
input=Desktop/okidoki
file=$(test -e "$input" && basename "$input")
[ "$file" ] && echo "$file" || echo "missing"
Pádraig.
- bug on basename, Leonardo, 2009/01/14
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