Matthew Seaman wrote:
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On 16/06/2010 12:16:06, Aiza wrote:
Trying to use sed to remove the path from the file name.
Variable has complete path plus the file name
/usr/local/etc/filename
Need variable containing only the file name.
Is the sed utility the best thing to use?
Is there some other utility better suited for this task.
How would sed by coded to do this?
sh(1) can do this alone, without recourse to any external programs.
path='/usr/local/etc/filename'
fname=${path##*/}
echo $fname
There is also an external program basename(1)
The same trick with sed(1):
fname=$( echo $path | sed -e 's,^.*/,,' )
but the built-in prefix matching stuff is preferable since it is more
efficient.
Cheers,
Matthew
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Thanks for your help.
The fname=${path##*/} solution worked for.
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