Sub String

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Hi All,

supose my string is like

Home/Fruite/Apple

i need to remove last word from string.

i want to get Home/Fruite/ only

Thanks,
Arun

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man dirname
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string is like

s1=Home/Fruite/Apple

i need sub string from s1

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It is simple .. What you have tried to achieve the output ..

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echo "$s1" | awk '{print $NF}'

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dirname $s1
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$ echo $s | awk -F/ '{$NF="" ; print}' OFS=/
Home/Fruite/
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tnx jay n kamaraj