Extract directory path and filename
dirname "/usr/home/theconjuring/music/song.mp3"
will yield
/usr/home/theconjuring/music
.
You can simply do:
base=$(basename "$fspec")
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 \${${#@}}
abc.txt
Use the basename command to extract the filename from the path:
[/tmp]$ export fspec=/exp/home1/abc.txt
[/tmp]$ fname=`basename $fspec`
[/tmp]$ echo $fname
abc.txt