I have a variable which has the directory path, along with the file name. I want to extract the filename alone from the Unix directory path and store it in a variable.
fspec="/exp/home1/abc.txt"
I have a variable which has the directory path, along with the file name. I want to extract the filename alone from the Unix directory path and store it in a variable.
fspec="/exp/home1/abc.txt"
Use the basename command to extract the filename from the path:
[/tmp]$ export fspec=/exp/home1/abc.txt
[/tmp]$ fname=`basename $fspec`
[/tmp]$ echo $fname
abc.txt
bash to get file name
fspec="/exp/home1/abc.txt"
filename="${fspec##*/}" # get filename
dirname="${fspec%/*}" # get directory/path name
other ways
awk
$ echo $fspec | awk -F"/" '{print $NF}'
abc.txt
sed
$ echo $fspec | sed 's/.*\///'
abc.txt
using IFS
$ IFS="/"
$ set -- $fspec
$ eval echo \${${#@}}
abc.txt
You can simply do:
base=$(basename "$fspec")
bash:
fspec="/exp/home1/abc.txt"
fname="${fspec##*/}"
dirname "/usr/home/theconjuring/music/song.mp3"
will yield
/usr/home/theconjuring/music
.
echo $fspec | tr "/" "\n"|tail -1
Using bash "here string":
$ fspec="/exp/home1/abc.txt"
$ tr "/" "\n" <<< $fspec | tail -1
abc.txt
$ filename=$(tr "/" "\n" <<< $fspec | tail -1)
$ echo $filename
abc.txt
The benefit of the "here string" is that it avoids the need/overhead of running an echo
command. In other words, the "here string" is internal to the shell. That is:
$ tr <<< $fspec
as opposed to:
$ echo $fspec | tr