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cwtnospam 06-07-2007 12:05 PM
I think it would be easier to run the script with the folder opened and use the "set source_folder" line from post #18
If you drop the folder, it's location will change.

ataraxia 06-07-2007 02:46 PM
The "canonical" way to get just the last part of a file (or folder) name is to use "basename":
Code:
~ % basename /Users/ataraxia/Documents/resume.rtf
resume.rtf
You can also get it to remove a suffix for you:
Code:
~ % basename /Users/ataraxia/Documents/resume.rtf .rtf
resume
"dirname" does the opposite:
Code:
~ % dirname /Users/ataraxia/Documents/resume.rtf
/Users/ataraxia/Documents

Hal Itosis 06-07-2007 04:14 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by honestpuck (Post 384064)
Oh, and in reply to the question of how to get just the filename portion of
the a path - use awk.

awk -F/ '{ print $(NF) }'

The above will work if you don't have a '/' at the end. If you do then replace (NF) with (NF - 1)
If I followed the above discussion correctly, there's also a specific
command for that (btw, why would a file's name end in /?):

basename "$a"

-HI-

Hal Itosis 06-08-2007 10:51 AM
Something weird is going on here:

When I wrote and submitted my above post at 4:14 PM [if indeed it was 4:14 PM?],
ataraxia's reply (designated 2:46 PM?) was not here!!!

In fact... my reply originally landed on page 1.

Strange.


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