[ale] Looking for a one line script

[Robert L. Harris]

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
> http://james.roomfullofmirrors.com/
> 
> "All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts
> pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it
> is magnetic to the corruptible. Such people have a tendency to become
> drunk on violence, a condition to which they are quickly addicted."
> 
> Missionaria Protectiva, Text QIV (decto)
> CH:D 59
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       no-one else.                       - Manowar

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