how to extract a string from a variable?

[Externalist]

Say I have this string stored in a variable

var='f:\dd\vctools\crt_bld\SELF_X86\crt\src\INTEL\ mt_lib\chandler4.obj'

I want to only get 'chandler4.obj' this string and store it into another variable. To be more specific, the string that comes after the \ character. I'm reading about a thousand of those from a file so it'd be nice to have a way to do the task in an automated fashion. How would one go about making a bash script that does that?
Thanks!

[GNU-Fan]

Hello,

look into the "basename" command.

[Externalist]

Thanks! I'll look into it.

[drl]

Hi.

If you find that the shell and basename do not seem to do the right thing with backslash in your Windows pathname as opposed to (forward)-slash, then re-post with your command / script ... cheers, drl

[vsemaska]

basename won't work with backslashes. This will work:

#!/bin/bash -vx

var='f:\dd\vctools\crt_bld\SELF_X86\crt\src\INTEL\ mt_lib\chandler4.obj'
echo "${var##*\\}"