Bash One-Liners Explained, Part I: Working with files

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June 01, 2012, 19:27

8: You could also use basename(1):

filename=$(basename $path)

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June 01, 2012, 19:46

Oh right. And for 9 also dirname=$(dirname $path). I'll update the article with these!

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Richard Michael Permalink
June 01, 2012, 20:54

basename and dirname are not bash built-ins. So what makes 8 and 9 interesting is the param expansion solution - thanks!

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June 02, 2012, 10:50

Also true!

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