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Bash pattern matching
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gistfile1.txt
$ a=/cygdrive/c/projects/sandbox/projects
##match pattern from the left hand side. Double # means greedy.
hsuh@hsuh /cygdrive/c/projects/sandbox/projects
$ echo ${a##*sandbox}
/projects
##match pattern from the right hand side. Double % means greedy.
hsuh@hsuh /cygdrive/c/projects/sandbox/projects
$ echo ${a%%proj*}
/cygdrive/c/
##match pattern from the right hand side. Remove the matched pattern. Return the rest.
hsuh@hsuh /cygdrive/c/projects/sandbox/projects
$ echo ${a%proj*}
/cygdrive/c/projects/sandbox/
More awesomeness here - http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/parameter-substitution.html
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