Solaris and ls command

[podsds]

On a Solaris 8 machine, and maybe other versions too ...

the command '# ls /export/home/root/steve' returns the following output '/export/home/root/steve', but is I cd to the directory and do 'ls steve' the command returns 'steve'

my question ... is there a way to omit the s command from returning the full path when a file is fully qualified?

 

[tarn]

Sounds to me like you may have an alias set for ls in your profile, have you tried /usr/bin/ls /export/home/root/steve

Or done a find on your server for ls ? What shell are you using ?

 

[bluedragon2]

ls will return the full path if you have it in your command line. For example:

if you were in the directory /export/home/root/ and did a #ls /export/home/root/steve, it will return the full path.

As far as I know there is no option to use with ls to knock off the path.

If you are looking to use the output of the ls then I suggest using an awk or grep.

 

[podsds]

I am looking to extract from the output of the ls command just the file name, but haven't found a way to do it yet. I looked at things line cut or awk. Not knowing a better way ... I would count the number of slashes in the path and then cut or awk the last field. I think sed might be a better tool, but I have to research it.

Thanks

 

[rgaskill1]

Have a look at the basename command - this should do what you want, e.g.

file=`basename /u/root/scripts/show_free`
echo $file
show_free

 

[naggiman]

If you are writing this into a ksh script you can also

FILE=/a/b/c/d
echo ${F##*/}

will just output "d"

N.

 

[ramu74]

ls /export/home/root/steve | awk -F/ '{print $NF}'

this shud solve ur problem.

 

[naggiman]

ls /export/home/root/steve | sed 's;.*/;;'

It is all horses-for-courses

N.

 

[podsds]

Thanks all,

I now remember using basename in a shell script long ago, its what I was looking for, but I appreciate all other examples.

 

[dblair]

Why don't you use find instead ?

 

[podsds]

Because I know where the file is, just not the full name as the program that creates it tabs a date and time stamp on it. So ls command with wild card is used to extract some stats on the file and then i wish to use just the basename, no directory when reporting it to the user.

hope this helps ... but I am all set! the command basename has worked for me.