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Old 06-26-2009
Question how to grep a file in list
hi all,

for an example:
In a file out.txt contains:
/export/home/raghu/bin/debug_serverLog_apache_20090626_0625.txt


How to grep or cut the value as "debug_serverLog_apache_20090626_0625.txt"
or i want only the output as "debug_serverLog_apache_20090626_0625.txt"
pls advice me
Last edited by raghur77; 06-26-2009 at 08:19 AM..
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Old 06-26-2009
man basename
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Old 06-26-2009
Code:
basename $(ls -rt /export/home/raghu/bin/debug_serverLog_apache_*.txt | tail -1)

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Old 06-26-2009
thanks a lot!!! jim mcnamara
its working fine now...
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