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Hi,

i am quite new to sed and i wonder if there is anyway for me to explode the full path and take the last variable as the string ???

/home/root/usr2/testdir1 --> so i can take testdir1
/home/root/usr2/testdir3

i need to write a script to tar and gzip a list of directory. please help, i am just lacking of sed part.

thanks!
Sep 6 '09 #1
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ashitpro
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@DannyMc
I tried this:

echo /home/root/usr2/testdir1 | sed 's:.*/::'

Regards,
Ash
Sep 7 '09 #2
sumittyagi
202 Recognized Expert New Member
why don't you just use basename and dirname commands.

Expand|Select|Wrap|Line Numbers
  1. basename /home/root/usr2/testdir1
  2. testdir1
  3.  
  4. dirname /home/root/usr2/testdir1
  5. /home/root/usr2
Sep 20 '09 #3

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