$ path="/podcast/with/nasty'--c h a r$/and/stuff/track1.mp3" $ echo "${path##*/}" track1.mp3 $ basename "${path}" track1.mp3 $ echo "${path}" | awk -F

$ path="/podcast/with/nasty'--c h a r$/and/stuff/track1.mp3" $ echo "${path##*/}" track1.mp3 $ basename "${path}" track1.mp3 $ echo "${path}" | awk -F/ '{print $NF}' track1.mp3