dirname /PATH/PATH/PATH/filename.txt | awk -F"/" '{print $NF}' should
do it.
On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 1:13 PM, Mike Wright <mike.wri...@mailinator.com>wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I need to extract the name of a parent directory, not the whole path.
>
> Combinations of dirname and cut didn't get me anywhere.
>
> Given this: (the ... indicates that I don't know the dir depth)
>
> /.../mydir/my.file
>
> How would I extract this:
>
> /.../mydir/my.file
> ^^^^^
>
> TIA to all takers :)
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