matching nth string 2

[cptk]

I have ...

x=`tar -tvf file.tar | awk 'print $8}'`

which returns a full dir string with file name ...

x="dir/dir/filename dir/dir/filename2 dir/dir/dir/dir/filename3 ... etc."

I want to remove the filename portion of each element in the variable $x (without going through a some sort of loop) as an additional pipe ...
e.g. -
x=`tar -tvf file.tar | awk 'print $8}' | awk ???`

with desired result:
x= "dir/dir/ dir/dir/ dir/dir/dir/dir/"

I tried using functions: index, match, etc. but I can't seem to pull-out the file portion.

I'm open to unix ksh or sed commands as well ... basically I don't want to go through a loop.

any ideas ??? ... thanks!

 

[feherke]

Hi

x=`tar -tvf file.tar | [red]awk '{sub(/[^/]*$/,"")}1'[/red]`

[gray]# or[/gray]

x=`tar -tvf file.tar | [red]sed 's/[^/]*$//'[/red]`

Feherke.

http://rootshell.be/~feherke/

 

[PHV]

x=`tar -tf file.tar | sed 's!/[^/]*$!/!'`

Hope This Helps, PH.
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[cptk]

Thanks guys ... either sed cmd works!!