Concatenate a variable and a string into another variable

[ziggelflex]

I have this.

$root = './dir1';
$structure = .$root."./dir2/dir3/dir4/dir5/dir6";

and I want the

$structure

variable to contain

./dir1/dir2/dir3/dir4/dir5/dir6

Any help. I know this is very basic. So thanks in advance

Edited March 31, 2022 by ziggelflex

[ginerjm]

You were close.

$structure = $root . "/dir2/dir3/dir4/dir5/dir6";

This line will take the contents of $root and append the string following the connecting dot.  Not sure why your starting value of $structure has a leading dot in it but you probably know.

[Zane]

Why do you have a period in front of $root?

Besides, that, this should work (without the period)

[Barand]

Or you can do it without any concatenation operators.

$root = './dir1';
$structure = "$root/dir2/dir3/dir4/dir5/dir6";