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I have started to make a script that will recursively search through the files in a folder. What I need to do is compare them with the modified times in another folder. I currently have a string like compare1/folder/file.ext but I now need to tell it to do compare2/folder/file.ext. How would I change the base folder so I can compare the file?

Anders Johansson · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-03 14:09:46Z

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Still not 100% sure what you're looking for, but if you want to replace a string in a variable, you can do:

FILE=compare1/folder/file.ext
OTHER_FILE=${FILE//compare1/compare2}   # replace compare1 with compare2

echo $OTHER_FILE    # will print compare2/folder/file.ext

answered Dec 3, 2012 at 14:09

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Christopher Buckley Over a year ago

Thanks, this seems to be what I need.

Chris Seymour Over a year ago

You should accept this answer to show the question is solved, and to give thanks for the answer. +1 for deciphering first.

Christopher Buckley Over a year ago

I would give thanks but I need 15 rep so marking it as the answer will have to do.

Chris Seymour Over a year ago

I upvoted one of your other questions, you now have enough reputation to upvote any answer you have found helpful on the site.

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