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# 1  
Old 07-05-2005
Last element from cut
Hi,

I am looking for a way to get the last element of a cut command

ex.

$pwd
/remote/username/dir1/dir2/dir3

$pwd | cut -f3 -d/
username

I need to extract "dir3" (last one) no matter whichever position it is.

Thanks,
sskb
# 2  
Old 07-05-2005
Use

Code:
basename /remote/username/dir1/dir2/dir3

or if you need to use pwd

Code:
basename `pwd`

Vino
# 3  
Old 07-05-2005
Or u can use awk
awk -F"/" '{ print $NF }'
# 4  
Old 07-05-2005
Quote:
Originally Posted by rahul123_libra
awk -F"/" '{ print $NF }'

More clearly, if you are using awk you should be doing it like this.

Code:
echo /remote/username/dir1/dir2/dir3 | awk -F"/"  '{ print  $NF }'

There is a small downfall to using awk in this case. Depends on the input you give.
Code:
echo /remote/username/dir1/dir2/dir3/ | awk -F"/"  '{ print  $NF }'

would give a blank i.e. no useful output will you receive.

vino
 
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