how to remove path using sed

dtcs · 12-25-2006, 04:10 PM

I am trying to remove the path name and only get the file name
when I do this on the prompt it works:
cat a.txt | sed "s/.*\///"
when I do it from a script:
f=`cat $file | sed s/.*\///`
echo $f
it gives me an error:
sed: -e expression #1, char 7: unknown option to `s'
what am I doing wrong?

ygloo · 12-25-2006, 04:15 PM

try ' instead of "
sed 's/.*\///'

raskin · 12-25-2006, 04:29 PM

Well, don't you really want to use 'basename' utility instead? Though ygloo is right.