Delete everything before last / in bash

Question

I have many file paths in a file that look like so:

/home/rtz11/files/testfiles/547/prob547455_01

I want to use a bash script that will pri

Answer 1

One more way:

Use the basename executable (command):

basename /path/with/many/slashes/and/file.extension

>file.extension

basename /path/with/many/slashes/and/file.extension .extension

OR

basename -s .extension /path/with/many/slashes/and/file.extension 

> file