writing a shell script
 

hi,
I am writing a script and I need to do something that I don't know how to do it.
here it is:
I have 2 variable $var1 and $var2
var1=directory/file_name
var2=directory/
I need to set a third viarible $var3 to file_name so if I do :
echo "$var3"
I get on the screen :
file_name

thanks for your help

Assuming this is a shell script, you could just insert something likeCheers,

mj

sory but I can't get it to work succesfuly :
cut --delimiter=/ --fields=2 echo $var1
echo "$var1"
I get this error message :
cut: echo: No such file or directory
cut: directory/file 1.txt
directory/file 2.txt: No such file or directory

Perhaps you should post your script as it currently stands....

Cheers,

mj

var3=`basename $var1`

Just need to get rid of the spaces ;)


Cheers,
Tink

Nice !

Cheers,
mj

var3=`basename $var1`
it works thanks.
what is basename for ? I look into the man but didn't understand it (I'm french sory about it ;-) )

It strips all leading directories (and optionally the extension)
of a fully qualified pathname ... e.g.
var1="/usr/X11/lib/fonts/font.dir"
basename will return font.dir by default ...

C'mon - being french is not THAT bad ;)

Cheers,
Tink

thanks a lot.
it is clear in my head now.