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# 1  
Old 12-19-2007
To cut end string from line
HI,

I want to cut end string from line.

e.g. i have following input line

/users/home/test.txt

I want to get end string 'test.txt' from above line and length of that end string will change and it always start after '/'.

Thanks,

Visu
# 2  
Old 12-19-2007
Java
Code:
# basename /users/home/test.txt
test.txt
# dirname /users/home/test.txt
/users/home

# 3  
Old 12-19-2007
Code:
# s="/users/home/test.txt"
# echo ${s##*/}
test.txt

# 4  
Old 12-19-2007
Quote:
Originally Posted by ghostdog74
# echo ${s##*/}
Not bourne safe Smilie
Last edited by Smiling Dragon; 12-19-2007 at 10:42 PM.. Reason: Added emote - don't want it to sound like something it's not
# 5  
Old 12-19-2007
Quote:
Originally Posted by Smiling Dragon
Not bourne safe Smilie
thanks.just curious, do you still use the bourne shell today?
# 6  
Old 12-20-2007
awk
Hi,

input:
Code:
/users/home/test.txt
/users/home/bin/test_test.txt
/users/local/home/testaa.txt

output:
Code:
test.txt
test_test.txt
testaa.txt

code:
Code:
awk 'BEGIN{FS="/"}
{
print $NF
}' filename

# 7  
Old 12-20-2007
Quote:
Originally Posted by ghostdog74
thanks.just curious, do you still use the bourne shell today?
Of course! Smilie
if you're writing shell scripts for system stuff or if you are working as root, bourne is the only safe shell to use IMO.
For simple userland stuff I'll use bash, but even then I still script in sh - the extra features of ksh are nice but I only use ksh script when I need them as sh scripts work in everything else.
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