hi all,

suppose a string:

abc/def/ghi/jkl/mn.txt

$ echo "abc/def/gh/joe.txt" | awk -F"/" '{print $NF}'
joe.txt

Try using basename <full_path_to_file>

$ basename /sndc002/app/appsndc/sndcappl/admin/sndc01.txt
sndc01.txt

If you are doing this within a loop, you may want to consider using the built-in feature of bash/ksh parameter expansion. This will save you 1 exec for every loop

v="abc/def/ghi/jkl/mn.txt"
echo ${v##*/}