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markmill
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May 30, 2020

Combine URI::path and URI:basename in single TCL command string

I have a uri /dir1/dir2/dir3/filename.ext where I would like to replace/strip the first directory e.g. /dir2/dir3/filename.ext before forwarding on the request. I have been using the following, but I...
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cjunior
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Jun 04, 2020

Hi,

Is the /dir1 a fixed name?

If so, you can simply skip that name length:

tcl:[string range [HTTP::uri] 5 end]

Otherwise, you can work with variables or try this single line:

tcl:[URI::path [HTTP::uri] 2][URI::basename [HTTP::uri]][expr { \"[URI::query [HTTP::uri]]\" eq {} ? {} : \"?[URI::query [HTTP::uri]]\" }]

I hope it helps.

Regards