functions.sh: add a function for removing an item from a list in a shell variable
[openwrt-10.03/.git] / package / base-files / files / etc / functions.sh
index af4eae23f59c229afce7ae88c10b366e6a6847a3..f4af4a857391a2f59175c5c9390f0f75bfec0378 100755 (executable)
@@ -24,6 +24,20 @@ append() {
        eval "export ${NO_EXPORT:+-n} -- \"$var=\${$var:+\${$var}\${value:+\$sep}}\$value\""
 }
 
+list_remove() {
+       local var="$1"
+       local remove="$2"
+       local val
+
+       eval "val=\" \${$var} \""
+       val1="${val%% $remove *}"
+       [ "$val1" = "$val" ] && return
+       val2="${val##* $remove }"
+       [ "$val2" = "$val" ] && return
+       val="${val1## } ${val2%% }"
+       eval "export ${NO_EXPORT:+-n} -- \"$var=\$val\""
+}
+
 config_load() {
        [ -n "$IPKG_INSTROOT" ] && return 0
        uci_load "$@"