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Try this ..
ls -l /etc/*.txt > /dev/null 2>&1; result=$?

# check result
if [ $result -ne 0 ]; then
echo "command failed "
else
echo "command succeeded "
fi

If you are bent on using...

Another well known approach

$> file="/var/local/dsx/import/gen_cell_orig_001.dsx"; echo $(basename "$file")
gen_cell_orig_001.dsx