cutting part of string

dhaval_khamar · #1 (**permalink**) 07-25-2005

Hi,

I wanted to cut a specific portion from given string. How would I do that?
Example:
/u09/core/inbound/abc.txt is my string.
I want abc.txt in a variable.

Please help me.

Regards,
Dhaval

matrixmadhan · #2 (**permalink**) 07-25-2005

var=`basename /u09/core/inbound/abc.txt`
echo $var

I believe this question had been answered many times if I am not making assumptions wrongly.

dhaval_khamar · #3 (**permalink**) 07-25-2005

Hi,

Thanks very much. I tried to search it out from previous messages, but I could not found it.

Best Regards,
Dhaval

Unbeliever · #4 (**permalink**) 07-25-2005

It looks like your strings are paths to files (or directories). If this is always the case the easiest method is to use basename and dirname. eg:

$ dirname /u09/core/inbound/abc.txt
/u09/core/inbound
$ basename /u09/core/inbound/abc.txt
abc.txt

Basically these utilities split and give you everything before and after the last '/' in the string. If your strings are different please qualify.

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