On Tue, 2010-05-04 at 14:11 +0200, Roberto Ragusa wrote:
> David Bartmess wrote:
> 
> > I'm trying to express only the filename from a filepath, i.e., 
> > whoopie.txt from /opt/dev/whoopie.txt.
> 
> I see you already have received solutions.
> Here is a simpler one (no sed, no basename):
> 
> COMPLETEPATH=aa/bb/cc/dd
> ONLYFILENAME=${COMPLETEPATH##*/}

Simplicity is in the eye of the beholder. Personally I prefer basename
(and it's cousin dirname) because I know them and don't have to remember
the Shell syntax for substitutions.

How would you adapt your method to do the same as "basename $foo .txt"?
I don't doubt it can be done, but I can't be bothered working it out.
That's what simplicity means in my book.

poc

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