I have a variable var=/usr/local/bin/test/exec
Now i have to remove last 2 path components in the above variable say:
var=/usr/local/bin/
After removing the last 2 strings I have to use this variable 'var' in a shell loop.
I tried:
var='/usr/local/bin/test/exec'
echo ${var#$(dirname "$(dirname "$s")")/}
Output:
test/exec
I am getting the truncated part as output, but I was expecting the rest of the part, not the truncated part.
OK after some googling i have found the solution for this:
var1="$(echo $var | cut -d '/' -f-4)"