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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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Old 01-30-2013
Code:
$ sed 's!^\(.*\)/[^/]*$!\1/!' gogok.txt 
/media/gogo/6651-FEAB/Desktop/
/media/gogo/6651-FEAB/
/media/gogo/6651-FEAB/linux/
/media/gogo/6651-FEAB/eks/HDD.Regenerator.2011-RES/INFOS/

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Old 01-30-2013
Code:
awk -F"/" '{OFS="/";$NF="";print}' gara

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Old 01-30-2013
that forum may be the best think that have happened to me Smilie BIG THX

ps: can you recommend any good places with tutorials for nubs lime me who are starting to with linux and trying to write screpts :> ?
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Old 01-30-2013
a great book : Unix programming environment by kernighan and rob pike
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