store the last part path of file in variable?

Question

i have path for example :- $1=/path1/path2/path3

i want to store path3 in variable

x=path3

how i can do it in :- 1-windows 2-unix

Juliano · Accepted Answer · 2010-10-10T14:49:31.013

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You can use either parameter expansion or the basename utility.

x=${1##*/}

x=$(basename "$1")

edited Oct 10 '10 at 14:49

answered Oct 10 '10 at 14:41

Juliano

Forgot the quotes, but otherwise yes. – Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams Oct 10 '10 at 14:44
Quotes are not necessary if the variable is the only thing coming from the assignment, i.e., `$` is right after `=`. – Juliano Oct 10 '10 at 14:47
how i can make this in windows ??? – Mohammad AL-Rawabdeh Oct 10 '10 at 15:15
@Osama Since your question is tagged 'bash', I guess it is about bash, no? Bash is the same in both Windows and Unix. If you want to know how to do this in cmd.exe, then that is another completely different thing. – Juliano Oct 10 '10 at 16:10
@Osama install `cygwin` on Windows. Then you'll have a decent command interpreted along with most of the linux commands, including the `bash` interpreter. – Déjà vu Oct 10 '10 at 16:15

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Oct 11 '10 at 01:17

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In Windows (shell script):

set FILE=c:\temp\test.txt
for /f %%F in ("%FILE%") do set FILE=%%~nF%%~xF
echo %FILE%

edited Oct 11 '10 at 01:17

Dennis Williamson

answered Oct 10 '10 at 19:59

Simon Catlin

In the "How to Format" instructions to the right of the input box, it says "indent code by 4 spaces". – Dennis Williamson Oct 11 '10 at 01:18

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