David Bartmess wrote: > I'm trying to express only the filename from a filepath, i.e., > whoopie.txt from /opt/dev/whoopie.txt. I see you already have received solutions. Here is a simpler one (no sed, no basename): COMPLETEPATH=aa/bb/cc/dd ONLYFILENAME=${COMPLETEPATH##*/} -- Roberto Ragusa mail at robertoragusa.it -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines