Awk help

[uguess]

if i have following path

path1=H:\Smartscan\Canada\35A\Set_DE\

if i want to extract Set_DE thru awk. how can it work.

I tried below command but get errors.


echo $path1 | awk -F:\ "{print $4}

 

[PHV]

As you're in the UNIX Scripting forum, here an unix syntax:
path1='H:\Smartscan\Canada\35A\Set_DE\'
echo "$path1" | awk -F\\ '{print $(NF-1)}'

Hope This Helps, PH.
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