Thank you very much in advance for helping!
I'd like to transform this variable:
win_path=/cygdrive/g/virtual_tours/.archives/vt_template_8_0_15/test_directory_2/panos
into:
win_path_dir=G:/virtual_tours/.archives/vt_template_8_0_15/test_directory_2/panos
This in what I have so far, but it doesn't work. When I echo $win_path it returns nothing (black, empty space)
$win_path=$(echo $i | sed -e 's/\/cygdrive\/g/G\:/g')
Cheers!
Your approach is good, there is only a little typo:
win_path=$(echo $i | sed -e 's/\/cygdrive\/g/G\:/g')
Do not write $win_path (no $) when defining the value of variable win_path.
When you write $win_path the shell expands the value of the variable.
Don't precede the variable with $ when you're defining or setting a variable:
win_path=$(echo $i | sed -e 's/\/cygdrive\/g/G\:/g')
$ causes the string $name to be replaced with the value of variable name, see bash manpage.
Using bash substitution:
prefix=/cygdrive/g
win_path=${winpath/#$prefix/G:}
Note that defining prefix isn't strictly necessary; it just
relieves you of the need to escape the directory separators. The
following works just fine, although it is slightly less readable:
win_path=${winpath/#\/cygdrive\/g/G:}
