[Techtalk] cut command, print just last field

[Jean-Daniel Pauget]

On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 11:23:48AM +0100, Sabina Serbu wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to get the local directory (without the absolute path) on my
> shell.
> 
> For the moment, I am using awk:
> 
>   pwd | awk -F'/' '{print $NF}'
> .../...
    I have been fond of "rev" for a long time :

    pwd | rev | cut -d/ -f1 | rev

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