Question

I’m trying to use mkdir command in a bash script using a “*” wildcard.
Full code is:
mkdir -p $EXTRACTDIR/$CV_NAME*/release

It supposed to create a folder “release” in an existing “OpenCV-2.2.0” folder.
Two computers does exactly that and the third creates a folder OpenCV*/release, and I can’t figure out why.

Thnx for your help

Answer 1

On the third computer “OpenCV-2.2.0/release” doesn’t exist, so wildcard matching will fail and will result in a string where * is untouched.

cd $EXTRACTDIR/$CV_NAME*; mkdir release

or

mkdir `echo $EXTRACTDIR/$CV_NAME*`/release 

if you have multiple $CV_NAME* directories, you have to use a loop.