awk question - Shell Programming and Scripting

d__browne · #1 05-09-2006

Hello Peeps,

How can I use awk to strip the filename off the end please ?

/dir/dir/dir/dir/filename ?

Thanks,
Dave

vgersh99 · #2 05-09-2006

Code:

echo '/dir/dir/dir/dir/filename' | awk -F/ -v OFS=/ '{NF--;$1=$1;print}'

wxornot · #3 05-09-2006

i would do this instead. translate the / to a space. then awk the 5th field.

tr "/" " " ./file | awk '{print $5}'

vgersh99 · #4 05-09-2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by wxornot

i would do this instead. translate the / to a space. then awk the 5th field.

tr "/" " " ./file | awk '{print $5}'

why do you need a 'tr'?

wxornot · #5 05-09-2006

tr means translate. It's a cool function, you can translate most things from one character to another. It works like sed more or less, just one more tool to have in your unix bag of tricks.

vgersh99 · #6 05-09-2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by wxornot

tr means translate. It's a cool function, you can translate most things from one character to another. It works like sed more or less, just one more tool to have in your unix bag of tricks.

ah, i see - thanks.
but why do you need it here exactly?

ranj@chn · #7 05-09-2006

Is basename a HP-UX command only? Can it be used across different flavors?

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