OT: bash question

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On 03/05/2014 01:13 PM, Mike Wright wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I need to extract the name of a parent directory, not the whole path.
>
> Combinations of dirname and cut didn't get me anywhere.
>
> Given this:  (the ... indicates that I don't know the dir depth)
>
> /.../mydir/my.file
>
> How would I extract this:
>
> /.../mydir/my.file
>      ^^^^^
>
> TIA to all takers :)

Use basename?