Remove characters from certain place in string

Question

I have this var (source) which looks like this:

\\xxxxx\xxxx\xxx\Companies\test\in\Th FIle Test - Copy - Copy.mp4

I would like to remove everything before "\" character. So it would look like this:

Th FIle Test - Copy - Copy.mp4

I looked at the trim function but not joy. I am using Batch, so I have a bat file.

Would that work for you? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9252980/how-to-split-the-filename-from-a-full-path-in-batch — ConnorsFan, Mar 27 '15 at 21:05

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 27 '15 at 20:23

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I believe you can just use regular expressions. I'm unsure of the exact syntax for whatever program you're using, but the regex to search and replace should be relatively easy.

Replace .*\\ with '' (nothing)

https://regex101.com/r/hQ4hB9/1 <-- you can play around with this. Good website for testing regular expressions.

answered Mar 27 '15 at 20:23

flamewheel

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Thank for the quick response. Need to get it done in an hour or so. Will let you know. – Arthor Mar 27 '15 at 20:24
Great link but it does not support batch file. – Arthor Mar 27 '15 at 20:26

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 27 '15 at 22:50

The easiest way to get the leaf of the path is by using enhanced for variable references.

set "var=\\xxxxx\xxxx\xxx\Companies\test\in\Th FIle Test - Copy - Copy.mp4"
for %%I in ("%var%") do set "filename=%%~nxI"
echo %filename%

See the last couple of pages of help for in a console window for more information.

Remove characters from certain place in string

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