#!/bin/ksh


echo "Print the full file name"
full_file_name="/usr/local/data/filename.txt"
echo ${full_file_name}

echo
echo "Find just the name of the file"
file_name=`basename ${full_file_name}`
echo ${file_name}

echo
echo "Find just the name of the directory"
dir_name=`dirname ${full_file_name}`
echo ${dir_name}

echo
echo "Strip off the extention .txt"
name=${file_name%.txt}
echo ${name}


# OUTPUT:
# 
# Print the full file name
# /usr/local/data/filename.txt
# 
# Find just the name of the file
# filename.txt
# 
# Find just the name of the directory
# /usr/local/data
# 
# Strip off the extention .txt
# filename