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Explain sed command

Code:
sed -e 's,[\\/][^\\/][^\\/]*$,,'

Can someone explain the options in this command?

Last edited by zaxxon; 04-15-2013 at 10:55 AM..
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Old 04-15-2013
It's an implementation of dirname, it strips the characters after the last directory separator from the supplied string(s)

It is done in an architecture neiutral fashion (ie slash or backslash are acceptable path separators)
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Old 04-15-2013
[\\/] means \ or /
[^\\/] means anything NOT \ or /
* means zero or more of preceding
$ means end of pattern space (end of line)
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