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My fault, I should have used an example.basename "$repo_name"it is the quoting that is important, it makes basename treat the string as an ugly space and symbol including filename
I think I know what you mean but the whole string starts with "== Remote URL: " which means that basename fails on it. $ repo_name=`git info | head -n1` $ basename $repo_name basename: extra operand `URL:' Try `basename --help' for more information.
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My fault, I should have used an example.
basename "$repo_name"
it is the quoting that is important, it makes basename treat the string as an ugly space and symbol including filename
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I think I know what you mean but the whole string starts with "== Remote URL: " which means that basename fails on it. $ repo_name=`git info | head -n1` $ basename $repo_name basename: extra operand `URL:' Try `basename --help' for more information.