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  • Committer: Package Import Robot
  • Author(s): Matthias Klose
  • Date: 2014-03-03 22:52:05 UTC
  • mfrom: (1.3.5) (2.2.6 experimental)
  • Revision ID: package-import@ubuntu.com-20140303225205-87ltrt5kspeq0g1b
Tags: 4.3-1ubuntu1
* Merge with Debian; remaining changes:
  - skel.bashrc:
    - Run lesspipe.
    - Enable ls aliases.
    - Set options in ll alias to -alF.
    - Define an alert alias.
    - Enabled colored grep aliases.
  - etc.bash.bashrc:
    - Add sudo hint.

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# Date: Fri, 11 Oct 91 11:22:36 edt
 
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# From: friedman@gnu.ai.mit.edu
 
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# To: bfox@gnu.ai.mit.edu
 
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# A replacement for basename(1).  Not all the systems I use have this
 
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# program.  Usage: basename [path] {extension}
 
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function basename ()
 
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{
 
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 local path="$1"
 
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 local suffix="$2"
 
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 local tpath="${path%/}"
 
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    # Strip trailing '/' characters from path (unusual that this should
 
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    # ever occur, but basename(1) seems to deal with it.)
 
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    while [ "${tpath}" != "${path}" ]; do
 
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       tpath="${path}"
 
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       path="${tpath%/}"
 
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    done
 
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    path="${path##*/}"       # Strip off pathname
 
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    echo ${path%${suffix}}   # Also strip off extension, if any.
 
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}
 
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