2009/4/17 Cornelius Mostert <corneliusmost...@googlemail.com>: > Hallo > > I wrote my first Bash script! > However I am struggling to find a way to test if 2 paths are the same: > 1. I use a for loop to run through a set of folders in a path (lets > say /home/myFiles/) > 2. Now Test if the File Extension is = "mpg" > 2.1. If true then I would like to know if the path of the previous mpg > file is the same as this mpg file > 2.1.1. If != then I would like to create a few dirs in this new path > > So script looks like: > for file in 4StartPath do > fileExt = (get the file extention from 4file) > if [ $fileExt = 'mpg' ] > then > newPath = (get File Path form $file) > if [ $newPath != $oldPath ] > then > mkdir $newPath\Sound > mkdir $newPath\Sound\MP3 > mkdir $newPath\Sound\wav > fi > > ffmpeg ding dong grab the MP3 and the Wav > > mv mp3 and wav file to directories created > .... > > Obviously this is not the Exact script but i am struggling to do the > "if [ $newPath != $oldPath ]" bit > > as I am new to bash scripts a code snippet would be nice and as I > would like to know what the code does could you explaine it to me as > well :-) > > > Pretty please > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >
Does it have to work with symlinks and relative paths? If so, the only way (as I understand it) is to cd into the directory and use the pwd command to get the directory name. If not, you could try putting double-quotes around the variables in the if test, i.e. if [ "$newPath" != "$oldPath" ] This does a string comparison. This is all untested. I'm OK at bash scripting, but not an expert by any measure. Cofion/Regards, Neil. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
