Script to get all file names in a directory

Question

I need to get all file names for a directory

for file in "$1"/*;do
    echo $file
done 

gives me directory_name/file1_name, directory_name/file2_name.
However, I just want the file1_name

Answer 1

You can use parameter expansion to get only the filename before printing as follows:

    for file in "$1"/*;do
        file="${file##*/}"
        echo $file
    done

You can find more about parameter expansion over here : Shell Parameter Expansion (Bash Reference Manual)