Anil Venugopalan wrote:
> I have a shell script that accepts a filename as parameter. The
> filename may or may not include an environment variable. For
> instance,the filename could be either:
> a) /abc/def/file.dat, or
> b) $FILE_PATH/file.dat, where $FILE_PATH=/abc/def
>
> In the latter case, I want to be able to substitute '/abc/def'
> wherever $FILE_PATH is referenced.
>
> I know one way of doing it is to use 'cut' statement to get to
> 'FILE_PATH', then do an 'env|grep FILE_PATH' to derive this value, but
> is there an easier way out?
>
> If I do an 'echo $1' (assuming the filename parameter is $1), it shows
> "$FILE_PATH/file.dat". What I want to be able to see is
> "/abc/def/file.dat" without making it too cumbersome.
>
> Appreciate any feedback.
>
> Thanks
> Anil.

csh
set path = $1;

bash
path=$1;


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