mjhjmtu

Ubuntu 16.04

Even thou the output of for client in */; do doesn't produce a trailing slash, the trailing slash appears if I echo the variable $client while performing a time test on the file, within the loop.

cd "$wDir"
for client in */; do
 cd "$wDir"/"$client";

 #-- check to see if any .csv files exists
 if ls *.csv &>/dev/null; then
 for csvfile in *.csv; do
 if test $(find "$csvfile" -mmin +2880); then
 echo "$client has files older than 2 days ..." >> "staleFtpAccts"
 fi
 done
 fi
done

When I execute the script, a / is placed after the $client variable like so:

root@me /home/frank # bash script.sh
Start ...
000029_000020/ has files older than 2 days ...
#--
Finished ...

Start ...
000033_000040/ has files older than 2 days ...
#--
Finished ...

Start ...
000033_000041/ has files older than 2 days ...
#--
Finished ...

Start ...
000033_000042/ has files older than 2 days ...
#--
Finished ...

Start ...
000033_000043/ has files older than 2 days ...
#--
Finished ...

This is the result I am after ...

root@me /home/frank # bash script.sh
Start ...
000029_000020 has files older than 2 days ...
#--
Finished ...

Start ...
000033_000040 has files older than 2 days ...
#--
Finished ...

Start ...
000033_000041 has files older than 2 days ...
#--
Finished ...

Start ...
000033_000042 has files older than 2 days ...
#--
Finished ...

Start ...
000033_000043 has files older than 2 days ...
#--
Finished ...

Try this posix parameter expansion :

echo "$client%/"

so

echo "$client%/ has files older than 2 days ..."

Parameter Expansion expands parameters: "$foo", "$1". You can use it to perform string or array operations: "$file%.mp3", "$0##*/", "$files[@]: -4". They should always be quoted. See: http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ/073 and "Parameter Expansion" in man bash. Also see http://wiki.bash-hackers.org/syntax/pe.