Question

We use phpDocumentator to document our php code.
The php code is in different dictionaries.
The script which runs the phpDocumentator looks like this:

./phpdoc -d dir1,dir2,dir3,dir4 

Every time we add a new directory, I have to add this one to the script.

I would like to do this dynamically.

ls -d ../*test* 

this lists all needed directories but space separated and not comma separated.

Question:

How can I list the directories comma separated?

how can I add this list as -d parameter to the phpdoc script?

Answer 1

Use ls -dm */ to generate a comma-separated list of directories. -d will return directories only and -m will output to a comma-separated list.

You could then store the output in a variable and pass it along as an argument:

#!/bin/bash
MY_DIRECTORY=/some/directory
FOLDERS=`ls -dm $MY_DIRECTORY/*/ | tr -d ' '`
phpdoc -d $FOLDERS