On 03/05/2014 02:29 PM, Joe Benson wrote:
> dirname /PATH/PATH/PATH/filename.txt | awk -F"/" '{print $NF}' should do it.
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> On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 1:13 PM, Mike Wright <mike.wright@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:mike.wright@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
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> Hi all,
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> I need to extract the name of a parent directory, not the whole path.
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> Combinations of dirname and cut didn't get me anywhere.
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> Given this: (the ... indicates that I don't know the dir depth)
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> /.../mydir/my.file
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> How would I extract this:
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> /.../mydir/my.file
> ^^^^^
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> TIA to all takers :)
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or basename `dirname /a/b/c/d/file.txt`
Kevin
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