I had created a following code:
function file_name {
if [ -n $1 ]; then
parts=$(echo -e $1 | tr "/")
for a in ${parts}; do
echo $a
done
fi
}
file_name("this_is/a_test/string")
When I run it, I get following error:
./test: line 138: syntax error near unexpected token
`"this_is/a_test/string"'
./test: line 138: `file_name("this_is/a_test/string")'
Pure bash version without echo, tr and pipe.
Work fine with filenames containing spaces.
#! /bin/bash
function file_name {
local str="$1"
local token=
while [[ "${str}" =~ / ]]; do
token="${str%%/*}"
#if [[ "${token}" != "" ]]; then
echo "${token}"
#fi
str="${str#*/}"
done
if [[ -n "${str}" ]]; then
echo "${str}"
fi
}
file_name "this_is/a_test/string"
Remark:
if [[ "${token}" != "" ]]; then and fi if you want to squeeze empty names provoked by double slashes (//) or by a path who start by a slash
()tr needs a second argument tr "/" " "Since you don't have any whitespaces, I'd recommend using command substitution to split the string:
function file_name {
if [ -n $1 ]; then
for part in ${1//\// } ; do
echo "$part"
done
fi
}
file_name "this_is/a_test/string"
this_is
a_test
string
function file_name {
if [ -n $1 ]; then
parts=$(echo -e $1 | tr "/" " ")
for a in ${parts}; do
echo $a
done
fi
}
file_name "this_is/a_test/string"
# writes:
# this_is
# a_test
# string
There are two problems in your code. The first is what you are seeing in the error message right now. The reason is that the function is not called properly. Bash handles functions like mini scripts so the syntax for passing arguments to functions is like you pass arguments to scripts.
The second error which you will see after this is corrected is a missing argument to tr. I assumed you want to replace / with a space for the for loop to work properly later.
