.sh and sed

[Aiza]

Matthew Seaman wrote:
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> On 16/06/2010 12:16:06, Aiza wrote:
>> Trying to use sed to remove the path from the file name.
>> Variable has complete path plus the file name
>> /usr/local/etc/filename
>> Need variable containing only the file name.
>> Is the sed utility the best thing to use?
>> Is there some other utility better suited for this task.
>> How would sed by coded to do this?
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> sh(1) can do this alone, without recourse to any external programs.
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> path='/usr/local/etc/filename'
> fname=${path##*/}
> echo $fname
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> There is also an external program basename(1)
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> The same trick with sed(1):
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> fname=$( echo $path | sed -e 's,^.*/,,' )
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> but the built-in prefix matching stuff is preferable since it is more
> efficient.
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> 	Cheers,
> 
> 	Matthew
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Thanks for your help.

The fname=${path##*/} solution worked for.