Re: equivalent of Linux readlink -f in pure bash?

[Bernd Eggink]

On 09.08.2011 16:54, Stephane CHAZELAS wrote:
> 2011-08-09, 09:50(-04), Steven W. Orr:
> [...]
> > *) To remove the trailing slashes, instead of
> >
> >               while [[ $file == */ ]]
> >               do
> >                   file=${file%/}
> >               done
> >
> >               file=${file##*/}    # file name
> >
> > just say
> >             file="${file%${file##*[!/]}}"
> [...]
>
>             file=${file%"${file##*[!/]}"}
>
> Same problem with "/" being changed to "" though.

This has been fixed. Also getlink() now outputs paths always in 
normalized form. Any feedback appreciated!

Bernd

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