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Old 02-10-2010
basename + file with space

Hi all,

/home/test/test 123.txt
i want exact file name like "test 123.txt"
basename shows wrong output


how can i cut text from 1st charaster to last "/".....?
# 2  
Old 02-10-2010
Code:
awk -F\/ '{print $NF}' infile

use nawk or /usr/xpg4/bin/awk in solaris
# 3  
Old 02-10-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by jagnikam
basename shows wrong output
Code:
[house@discovery] echo $( basename "/this/is/a file" )
a file

# 4  
Old 02-10-2010
Needs quotes round the filename.
Code:
basename "/home/test/test 123.txt"

test 123.txt

# 5  
Old 02-10-2010
Thank you EAGL€ .
# 6  
Old 02-10-2010
Code:
IN="/home/test/test 123.txt"
OUT=${IN##*/}

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