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Zester · 08-10-2005, 08:25 AM

I have this string:

Code:

a = "/home/blackgeer/1022/index.html"

how do I chop off the "index.html" part and only keep the "/home/blackgeer/1022/" part ?

UltraSonic · 08-10-2005, 08:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zester

I have this string:

Code:

a = "/home/blackgeer/1022/index.html"

how do I chop off the "index.html" part and only keep the "/home/blackgeer/1022/" part ?

Are you serious?

tgpmakers · 08-10-2005, 08:28 AM

if(a=m~{(.*?)index\.html})
print $1;
Providing you using Perl.

Zester · 08-10-2005, 08:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by garymayor

if(a=m~{(.*?)index\.html})
print $1;
Providing you using Perl.

no i don't.
this is done in an .SH file

I know how to do this in perl, i'm no sysadmin by the way

grumpy · 08-10-2005, 08:39 AM

try an editor

jerzeemedia · 08-10-2005, 08:40 AM

a = "/home/blackgeer/1022/index.html"

echo $a|sed 's/index\.html//'

Radiate · 08-10-2005, 09:56 AM

format c:

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08-10-2005, 08:40 AM	#6
jerzeemedia Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: May 2004 Location: New Jersey Posts: 1,532	a = "/home/blackgeer/1022/index.html" echo $a\|sed 's/index\.html//'