Bash pattern matching samples

pattern-matching.sh

#!/bin/bash

FILE=/home/user/src/prog.c
echo ${FILE#/*/}  # ==> user/src/prog.c
echo ${FILE##/*/} # ==> prog.c
echo ${FILE%/*}   # ==> /home/user/src
echo ${FILE%%/*}  # ==> nil
echo ${FILE%.c}   # ==> /home/user/src/prog

# All this from the excellent book: "A Practical Guide to Linux Commands, Editors, and 
# Shell Programming by Mark G. Sobell (http://www.sobell.com/)

# found here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1199613/extract-filename-and-path-from-url-in-bash-script