Zenity: get selected filename without its path











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I need zenity to put a selected filename into a variable without its path.
What I have now is



file_to_copy="$(zenity --file-selection --title='Select a File')"

echo $file_to_copy


then prints



/home/blades/Scripts/openwrt-vpn-renew/ze.sh


I wanted to just print ze.sh.






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    Do you really need zenity to provide this natively? can you not just use "${file_to_copy##*/}" (or use the basename command)?
    – steeldriver
    7 hours ago










  • steeldriver yes that's it. "${file_to_copy##*/}" Thanx so much.
    – blades
    7 hours ago








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    @steeldriver I wanted to close this as a duplicate but it is over on Stack Overflow: stackoverflow.com/questions/2664740/…. Could you post an answer here that can be accepted? (Ping me and I'll up-vote :))
    – WinEunuuchs2Unix
    3 hours ago












  • @WinEunuuchs2Unix done - please see below
    – steeldriver
    3 hours ago










  • Possible duplicate of Bash: get current working directory name, but not full path
    – wjandrea
    2 hours ago















up vote
2
down vote

favorite












I need zenity to put a selected filename into a variable without its path.
What I have now is



file_to_copy="$(zenity --file-selection --title='Select a File')"

echo $file_to_copy


then prints



/home/blades/Scripts/openwrt-vpn-renew/ze.sh


I wanted to just print ze.sh.






command-line zenity







share|improve this question




















  • 3




    Do you really need zenity to provide this natively? can you not just use "${file_to_copy##*/}" (or use the basename command)?
    – steeldriver
    7 hours ago










  • steeldriver yes that's it. "${file_to_copy##*/}" Thanx so much.
    – blades
    7 hours ago








  • 1




    @steeldriver I wanted to close this as a duplicate but it is over on Stack Overflow: stackoverflow.com/questions/2664740/…. Could you post an answer here that can be accepted? (Ping me and I'll up-vote :))
    – WinEunuuchs2Unix
    3 hours ago












  • @WinEunuuchs2Unix done - please see below
    – steeldriver
    3 hours ago










  • Possible duplicate of Bash: get current working directory name, but not full path
    – wjandrea
    2 hours ago













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up vote
2
down vote

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I need zenity to put a selected filename into a variable without its path.
What I have now is



file_to_copy="$(zenity --file-selection --title='Select a File')"

echo $file_to_copy


then prints



/home/blades/Scripts/openwrt-vpn-renew/ze.sh


I wanted to just print ze.sh.






command-line zenity







share|improve this question















I need zenity to put a selected filename into a variable without its path.
What I have now is



file_to_copy="$(zenity --file-selection --title='Select a File')"

echo $file_to_copy


then prints



/home/blades/Scripts/openwrt-vpn-renew/ze.sh


I wanted to just print ze.sh.






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  • 3




    Do you really need zenity to provide this natively? can you not just use "${file_to_copy##*/}" (or use the basename command)?
    – steeldriver
    7 hours ago










  • steeldriver yes that's it. "${file_to_copy##*/}" Thanx so much.
    – blades
    7 hours ago








  • 1




    @steeldriver I wanted to close this as a duplicate but it is over on Stack Overflow: stackoverflow.com/questions/2664740/…. Could you post an answer here that can be accepted? (Ping me and I'll up-vote :))
    – WinEunuuchs2Unix
    3 hours ago












  • @WinEunuuchs2Unix done - please see below
    – steeldriver
    3 hours ago










  • Possible duplicate of Bash: get current working directory name, but not full path
    – wjandrea
    2 hours ago














  • 3




    Do you really need zenity to provide this natively? can you not just use "${file_to_copy##*/}" (or use the basename command)?
    – steeldriver
    7 hours ago










  • steeldriver yes that's it. "${file_to_copy##*/}" Thanx so much.
    – blades
    7 hours ago








  • 1




    @steeldriver I wanted to close this as a duplicate but it is over on Stack Overflow: stackoverflow.com/questions/2664740/…. Could you post an answer here that can be accepted? (Ping me and I'll up-vote :))
    – WinEunuuchs2Unix
    3 hours ago












  • @WinEunuuchs2Unix done - please see below
    – steeldriver
    3 hours ago










  • Possible duplicate of Bash: get current working directory name, but not full path
    – wjandrea
    2 hours ago








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3




Do you really need zenity to provide this natively? can you not just use "${file_to_copy##*/}" (or use the basename command)?
– steeldriver
7 hours ago




Do you really need zenity to provide this natively? can you not just use "${file_to_copy##*/}" (or use the basename command)?
– steeldriver
7 hours ago












steeldriver yes that's it. "${file_to_copy##*/}" Thanx so much.
– blades
7 hours ago






steeldriver yes that's it. "${file_to_copy##*/}" Thanx so much.
– blades
7 hours ago






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1




@steeldriver I wanted to close this as a duplicate but it is over on Stack Overflow: stackoverflow.com/questions/2664740/…. Could you post an answer here that can be accepted? (Ping me and I'll up-vote :))
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
3 hours ago






@steeldriver I wanted to close this as a duplicate but it is over on Stack Overflow: stackoverflow.com/questions/2664740/…. Could you post an answer here that can be accepted? (Ping me and I'll up-vote :))
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
3 hours ago














@WinEunuuchs2Unix done - please see below
– steeldriver
3 hours ago




@WinEunuuchs2Unix done - please see below
– steeldriver
3 hours ago












Possible duplicate of Bash: get current working directory name, but not full path
– wjandrea
2 hours ago




Possible duplicate of Bash: get current working directory name, but not full path
– wjandrea
2 hours ago










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If you don't absolutely need zenity to provide this functionality for you, then you can easily do it in the shell, either using parameter expansion



file_to_copy=${file_to_copy##*/}


where ##*/ refers to the longest leading string matching */, or using the basename utility



file_to_copy=$(basename "$file_to_copy")





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    If you don't absolutely need zenity to provide this functionality for you, then you can easily do it in the shell, either using parameter expansion



    file_to_copy=${file_to_copy##*/}


    where ##*/ refers to the longest leading string matching */, or using the basename utility



    file_to_copy=$(basename "$file_to_copy")





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      If you don't absolutely need zenity to provide this functionality for you, then you can easily do it in the shell, either using parameter expansion



      file_to_copy=${file_to_copy##*/}


      where ##*/ refers to the longest leading string matching */, or using the basename utility



      file_to_copy=$(basename "$file_to_copy")





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        If you don't absolutely need zenity to provide this functionality for you, then you can easily do it in the shell, either using parameter expansion



        file_to_copy=${file_to_copy##*/}


        where ##*/ refers to the longest leading string matching */, or using the basename utility



        file_to_copy=$(basename "$file_to_copy")





        share|improve this answer












        If you don't absolutely need zenity to provide this functionality for you, then you can easily do it in the shell, either using parameter expansion



        file_to_copy=${file_to_copy##*/}


        where ##*/ refers to the longest leading string matching */, or using the basename utility



        file_to_copy=$(basename "$file_to_copy")






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