shell script to get the file name from a string

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I need to get the basnename of the file (esrt-deghasdf-keystore) before .jks. I want to do it using shellscript. Is it possible?

abcdefgh 7369 4825 0 00:12:26 pts/10 0:37 java -Djavax.net.ssl.keyStore=/abc3/esrt/der/fer-def2/esrt-deghasdf-keystore.jks

ghostdog74 · Accepted Answer · 2010-02-09 08:07:59Z

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no need external tools. ksh can do the job

$ var="abcdefgh 7369 4825 0 00:12:26 pts/10 0:37 java -Djavax.net.ssl.keyStore=/abc3/esrt/der/fer-def2/esrt-deghasdf-keystore.jks"

$ echo ${var##*/}
esrt-deghasdf-keystore.jks

$ var=${var##*/}
$ echo ${var%.*}

edited Feb 9, 2010 at 8:07

answered Feb 9, 2010 at 7:27

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Dennis Williamson Over a year ago

Since the OP wanted the extension removed: file=${var##*/}; base=${file%.*}

Alok Singhal · Accepted Answer · 2010-02-09 07:17:46Z

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It depends upon the format of the line. If you lines are all going to end in /path/to/file.ext format, you can do:

echo $line | sed -e 's@.*/@@g' -e 's@\.[^.]*$@@g'

but really, it depends upon how exactly your lines are formatted and what you want out of it.

answered Feb 9, 2010 at 7:17

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Aryabhatta · Accepted Answer · 2010-02-09 07:18:45Z

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Use cut piped to sed. (some thing like cut -f 7 | sed blah)

Sorry I don't remember exactly how to use both.

See the manpages: cut and sed

answered Feb 9, 2010 at 7:18

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