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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Deleting file name Post 302763493 by gogok_bg on Wednesday 30th of January 2013 05:26:39 AM
Old 01-30-2013
Deleting file name
I need a way to remove all the file names with they are extension from a line of a document. For example:

I have doc named "gara" with the following content:

Code:
/media/gogo/6651-FEAB/Desktop/Desktop.jpg
/media/gogo/6651-FEAB/Desktop.pdf
/media/gogo/6651-FEAB/linux/logo1.jpg
/media/gogo/6651-FEAB/eks/HDD.Regenerator.2011-RES/INFOS/Proud Lion.doc

i need a way to remove the Desktop.jpg from the first line, Desktop.pdf from second line,
Code:
logo1.txt from 3 ed line and 
Proud Lion.doc from the 4 th line.

Thanks in advance.
Last edited by Scott; 01-30-2013 at 06:30 AM.. Reason: Code tags
 

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gnome-control-center

gnome-control-center(1) 					   User Commands					   gnome-control-center(1)

NAME

       gnome-control-center, gnome-desktop-prefs - configure desktop preferences

SYNOPSIS

       gnome-control-center [gnome-std-options] [--noshell]

DESCRIPTION

       Desktop	Preferences allows you to configure the GNOME desktop. If  Nautilus is running, gnome-control-center will open up a new window and
       display all your preference tools. If Nautilus is not running, gnome-control-center will display a simple interface allowing you to  select
       the  preference tool to run. There are 3 categories of preference tools: Basic, Advanced, and Accessibility.  Double-click on the tool that
       you require and the dialog for the tool will be displayed.

OPTIONS

       The following options are supported:

       --noshell       Do not display the Desktop Preferences in Nautilus. This is not a supported interface.

       gnome-std-optionStandard options available for use with most GNOME applications.  See gnome-std-options(5).

EXAMPLES

       Example 1: Launching Desktop Preferences

       example% gnome-control-center

EXIT STATUS

       The following exit values are returned:

       0	Application exited successfully

       >0	Application exited with failure

FILES

       The following files are used by this application:

       /usr/bin/gnome-control-cExecutable for Desktop Preferences interface

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+------------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	     ATTRIBUTE VALUE	    |
       +-----------------------------+------------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWgnome-desktop-preferences |
       +-----------------------------+------------------------------+
       |Interface stability	     |External			    |
       +-----------------------------+------------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       Preference Tools Manual

       Latest version of the GNOME Desktop User Guide for your platform.

       gnome-background-properties(1), gnome-font-properties(1),  gnome-keyboard-properties(1),  gnome-keybinding-properties(1),  gnome-ui-proper-
       ties(1),  gnome-mouse-properties(1),  gnome-network-preferences(1),  gnome-sound-properties(1), gnome-theme-properties(1), metacity-proper-
       ties(1), gnome-accessibility-keyboard-properties(1), cddb-slave2-properties(1), gnome-file-types-properties(1), gnome-panel-preferences(1),
       gnome-default-applications-properties(1), gnome-session-properties(1), gnome-std-options(5)

NOTES

       Written by Glynn Foster, Sun Microsystems  Inc., 2003.

SunOS 5.10							    2 Oct 2003						   gnome-control-center(1)
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