Puuurfect !!!!!!!!!
Thank you
One last question on this. How do I capture the rest of the line from the position where field 1 ends.
e.g.

Field1=`echo '/a/b/c/d' | sed 's#.*/\(.*\)#\1#'`

Restof= ?

output
Field1=d
Restof=/a/b/c/

Thx

J