${name:t<number>}: Path tail

Shortens a file path by only preserving the tail.

If <number> appears within a parameter expansion (e.g. ${name:t<number>}) and is greater than zero, then this number of trailing segments is preserved instead of just the last segment.

• $myPath:t only keeps the last segment.
• $myPath:t2 preserves the last two segments of the path, e.g. the filename and the immediate parent directory.

Modifier :h is the opposite and evaluates to the head of the path.

Links

• The Z Shell Manual on modifiers

Examples

Print basename of a path

1 2	myPath="/home/user/work/file.csv" echo $myPath:t

Output:

1

file.csv

Print basename and parent directory of a path

1 2	myPath="/home/user/work/file.csv" echo ${myPath:t2}

Output:

1	work/file.csv