Convert unix shell script to C++

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I am developing a USB tree based application on a Linux operating system for that I am converting one of the shell script to C++. But I am not that much experienced in shell script

I am confused in this script

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if [ $level -gt 0 ]; then
        port=$((${devpath##*[-.]} - 1))
    else
        port=0
    fi

Any one please explain me the meaning of this script in usb-devices script in linux. How I can write a C/C++ code to equivalent of this. i am stuck in this $((${devpath##*[-.]} - 1)) line of script

Any help will be appreciated...

Posted 19-Feb-13 20:14pm

Arun Kumar K S

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Richard MacCutchan · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-19T22:41:00

This is parameter substitution using pattern matching as described in the ksh man pages[^]. It's a while since I wrote scripts but it appears to be looking for a string of the form devpath followed by zero or more characters, followed by a hyphen or a dot. The resulting value is decremented by 1 before being set into the variable port.

Note: I'm not 100% certain of my analysis here, experimentation should help to clarify it.