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Asked: May 18, 20262026-05-18T22:29:06+00:00 2026-05-18T22:29:06+00:00

How to cut the last field in this shell string LINE=/string/to/cut.txt So that the

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How to cut the last field in this shell string

LINE="/string/to/cut.txt"

So that the string would look like this

LINE="/string/to/"

Thanks in advance!

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    2026-05-18T22:29:06+00:00Added an answer on May 18, 2026 at 10:29 pm

    I think you could use the “dirname” command. It takes in input a file path, removes the filename part and returns the path. For example:

    $ dirname "/string/to/cut.txt"
    /string/to
    
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