# Zero typing problem! **URL:** \ **Category:** Shell Programming and Scripting\ **Created:** [October 19, 2012, 8:20am UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/zero-typing-problem/318510 "2012-10-19T08:20:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nixhead](https://community.unix.com/letter_avatar/nixhead/32/6_449c533f586939b6e5f246632a46421f.png) [@nixhead](https://community.unix.com/u/nixhead)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2012, 8:20am UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/zero-typing-problem/318510/1 "2012-10-19T08:20:16Z")
H, I I have this below script for removing the full path from a string which is indeed a filepath location if windows. It converts input \abc\asssh\abc To abc But if filename has 0 like: \abc\abc\00000Hgg Then its typing abc00000Hgg PLEASE note that its solaris. Script is: more convertname.sh ```nohighlight #!/bin/sh str=$@ echo $str | sed 's/.*\\//' exit 0 ``` ---
**Author:** ![Scott](https://community.unix.com/letter_avatar/scott/32/6_449c533f586939b6e5f246632a46421f.png) [@Scott](https://community.unix.com/u/Scott)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2012, 8:23am UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/zero-typing-problem/318510/2 "2012-10-19T08:23:02Z")
Strange! You can use basename to get the last part of a path. As sh means sh in Solaris, that's probably the easiest approach. Edit: Seing that it's backslashes, not forward slashes, basename might not cut it, but I don't understand if those are normal (ASCII) zero's why sed would behave this way. Edit 2: Duh! Because sed treats \0 as a Null character! Edit 3: That was a duh @ me, not a duh @ you 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![jim\_mcnamara](https://community.unix.com/letter_avatar/jim_mcnamara/32/6_449c533f586939b6e5f246632a46421f.png) [@jim\_mcnamara](https://community.unix.com/u/jim_mcnamara)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2012, 8:25am UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/zero-typing-problem/318510/3 "2012-10-19T08:25:09Z")
See if this works for you ```nohighlight str=$@ echo "$str" | tr -s '\' ' ' | nawk '{print $(NF)}' ``` ---
**Author:** ![pamu](https://community.unix.com/letter_avatar/pamu/32/6_449c533f586939b6e5f246632a46421f.png) [@pamu](https://community.unix.com/u/pamu)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2012, 8:29am UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/zero-typing-problem/318510/4 "2012-10-19T08:29:44Z")
Try using double quotes.. ```nohighlight #!/bin/sh str=$@ echo "$str" | sed 's/.*\\//' exit 0 ``` @Jim I think we can directly do like this also(Don't know is there any problem with Solaris:D) ```nohighlight echo "$str" | nawk -F '\' '{ print $NF}' ``` ---
**Author:** ![Subbeh](https://community.unix.com/letter_avatar/subbeh/32/6_449c533f586939b6e5f246632a46421f.png) [@Subbeh](https://community.unix.com/u/Subbeh)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2012, 8:36am UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/zero-typing-problem/318510/6 "2012-10-19T08:36:38Z")
The easiest way would be to do this: ```nohighlight $ echo ${str##*\\} 00000Hgg ``` ---
**Author:** ![Scott](https://community.unix.com/letter_avatar/scott/32/6_449c533f586939b6e5f246632a46421f.png) [@Scott](https://community.unix.com/u/Scott)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2012, 8:37am UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/zero-typing-problem/318510/7 "2012-10-19T08:37:56Z")
> [@subbeh](#): > > The easiest way would be to do this: > > ```plaintext > $ echo ${str##*\\} > 00000Hgg > > ``` Not in sh in Solaris it wouldn't 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![nixhead](https://community.unix.com/letter_avatar/nixhead/32/6_449c533f586939b6e5f246632a46421f.png) [@nixhead](https://community.unix.com/u/nixhead)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2012, 9:34am UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/zero-typing-problem/318510/9 "2012-10-19T09:34:01Z")
Any solution guys! ---
**Author:** ![jim\_mcnamara](https://community.unix.com/letter_avatar/jim_mcnamara/32/6_449c533f586939b6e5f246632a46421f.png) [@jim\_mcnamara](https://community.unix.com/u/jim_mcnamara)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2012, 10:19am UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/zero-typing-problem/318510/10 "2012-10-19T10:19:53Z")
I guess you did not get the implication that you need to use one of the suggestions in your code. Rewrite the code with pamu's suggestion: ```nohighlight #!/bin/sh str=$@ echo "$str" | nawk -F '\\' '{ print $NF}' exit ``` Just tested it - NOTE: you have to put tics around the filename ```nohighlight ./t.shl 'abc\0000\abc' abc ``` I called my script t.shl ---
**Author:** ![nixhead](https://community.unix.com/letter_avatar/nixhead/32/6_449c533f586939b6e5f246632a46421f.png) [@nixhead](https://community.unix.com/u/nixhead)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2012, 11:42pm UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/zero-typing-problem/318510/11 "2012-10-21T23:42:00Z")
Hi Jim You solution has not worked for me, I put ```plaintext ./convert.sh "\\code\abc\asaks\00000asjahsjs vvfivfh.txt ``` and I got output: ```plaintext asaks00000asjahsjs vvfivfh.txt ``` as output ☹ > [@jim mcnamara](#): > > I guess you did not get the implication that you need to use one of the suggestions > in your code. Rewrite the code with pamu's suggestion: > > ```plaintext > #!/bin/sh > str=$@ > echo "$str" | nawk -F '\\' '{ print $NF}' > exit > > ``` > > Just tested it - NOTE: you have to put tics around the filename > > ```plaintext > ./t.shl 'abc\0000\abc' > abc > > ``` > > I called my script t.shl ---
**Author:** ![pamu](https://community.unix.com/letter_avatar/pamu/32/6_449c533f586939b6e5f246632a46421f.png) [@pamu](https://community.unix.com/u/pamu)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2012, 2:19am UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/zero-typing-problem/318510/12 "2012-10-22T02:19:10Z")
> [@nixhead](#): > > Hi Jim > > You solution has not worked for me, Please show us what you have tried... check this .. at least one should work for you...😃 ```plaintext $ cat test.sh #!/bin/sh str=$@ echo "1 - awk" echo "$str" | awk -F '\\' '{ print $NF}' echo "2 - sed" echo "$str" | sed 's/.*\\//g' echo "3 - tr + awk" echo "$str" | tr '\\' '\n' | awk 'END{print }' exit $ sh test.sh "\\code\abc\asaks\00000asjahsjs vvfivfh.txt" 1 - awk 00000asjahsjs vvfivfh.txt 2 - sed 00000asjahsjs vvfivfh.txt 3 - tr + awk 00000asjahsjs vvfivfh.txt ``` ---
**Author:** ![Scrutinizer](https://community.unix.com/user_avatar/community.unix.com/scrutinizer/32/1216_2.png) [@Scrutinizer](https://community.unix.com/u/Scrutinizer)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2012, 2:32am UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/zero-typing-problem/318510/13 "2012-10-22T02:32:52Z")
> [@nixhead](#): > > Hi Jim > > You solution has not worked for me, > I put > > ```plaintext > ./convert.sh "\\code\abc\asaks\00000asjahsjs vvfivfh.txt > > ``` > > and I got output: > > ```plaintext > asaks00000asjahsjs vvfivfh.txt > > ``` > > as output > ☹ That is not the same. You are using double quotes instead of single quotes (and you left out the second quote).