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echo "/foo/bar/shi/tia.txt" | sed -e 's,[^/]*$,,g'


Thus spake James Sumners (james.sumners at gmail.com):

> I need to get the base path of a filename. For example, if I have
> "/path/to/some/random/file.ext" I need to trim off "file.ext" so that
> I am left with "/path/to/some/random/". However, the filename could
> contain spaces and other odd characters. Any suggestions?
> 
> -- 
> James Sumners
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