On Wed, 14 Dec 2005 16:59:42 +1300 Steve Holdoway wrote: > On Wed, 14 Dec 2005 16:49:59 +1300 > Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 > > > file=`echo $url | sed 's?^.*/??'` > > Steve
Yep, that works, (although don't ask me to explain it) so, it seems, does basename $url (basename I have seen used to strip out the path of a file on the filesystem like # basename /path/to/file file I didn't know until I just tried it that it also seems to strip out the http://server.com part too. Sensible. Easy. Thanks -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
