To read last value generated by pwd using grep/sed/awk command

Question

To read last value generated using grep/sed/awk command

[root@test 4]# pwd
/opt/lib/insta/4

from above pwd to read value 4.

i am trying something like this which is not correct exactly

pwd | grep -oP 'insta/?'

Could you please confirm if you always want last value in path irrespective of either `insta` is present or not? Or you want to have lst value of `pwd` when insta is present as 2nd last path in it? Please confirm once. — RavinderSingh13, Jul 09 '21 at 08:28
@RavinderSingh13 it would be good if we are not looking for insta .. so whichever the path's, when command is executed the last value should get displayed — AK90, Jul 09 '21 at 08:32

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 09 '21 at 08:19

1

Without using any external utility, you can do this in bash:

echo "${PWD##*/}"

4

Or using awk:

awk -F/ '{print $NF}' <<< "$PWD"

4

answered Jul 09 '21 at 08:19

anubhava

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 09 '21 at 08:20

1

You could set the field separator to / and print the last field if the second last field is insta

pwd | awk -F / '{
  if ($(NF-1) == "insta") {
    print $NF
  }
}'

Output

Or you could print the last field:

pwd | awk -F / '{print $NF}'

answered Jul 09 '21 at 08:20

The fourth bird

2 Answers2