Grab the filename in Unix out of full path

Question

I am trying to get `"abc.txt"` out of `/this/is/could/be/any/path/abc.txt` using Unix command. Note that `/this/is/could/be/any/path` is dynamic. Any idea?

Accepted Answer

In `bash`:

```
path=/this/is/could/be/any/path/abc.txt
```

If your path has spaces in it, wrap it in `"`

```
path="/this/is/could/be/any/path/a b c.txt"
```

Then to extract the path, use the basename function

```
file=$(basename "$path")
```

or

```
file=${path##*/}
```

Grab the filename in Unix out of full path

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