dirname  /PATH/PATH/PATH/filename.txt | awk -F"/"  '{print $NF}'   should do it.


On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 1:13 PM, Mike Wright <mike.wright@mailinator.com> wrote:
Hi all,

I need to extract the name of a parent directory, not the whole path.

Combinations of dirname and cut didn't get me anywhere.

Given this:  (the ... indicates that I don't know the dir depth)

/.../mydir/my.file

How would I extract this:

/.../mydir/my.file
     ^^^^^

TIA to all takers :)
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