I thought of that, but what if the url is: http://server.com/longer/annoying/path/to/sourcefile.2.3.4.tar.bz
In other words, if the length of the path is unpredictable :( On Wed, 14 Dec 2005 16:56:29 +1300 David Mann wrote: > Use cut with a specified delimiter, eg: > > echo "http://server.com/path/to/sourcefile-2.3.4.tar.bz"; | cut -d / -f 6 > > - Dave > > On Dec 14, 2005, at 4:49 PM, Nick Rout wrote: > > > Excellent, thanks > > > > Now, how do i turn a url like: > > > > http://server.com/path/to/sourcefile-2.3.4.tar.bz > > > > into just the filename like this: > > > > sourcefile-2.3.4.tar.bz -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
