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Prototype: lastnode(string, separator)

Return type: string

Description: Returns the part of string after the last separator.

This function returns the final node in a chain, given a regular expression to split on. This is mainly useful for finding leaf-names of files, from a fully qualified path name.

Arguments:

• string : Input string, in the range .*
• separator : Link separator, e.g. / or :, in the range .*

Example:

bundle agent yes
{
vars:

  "path1" string => "/one/two/last1";
  "path2" string => "one:two:last2";

  "last1" string => lastnode("$(path1)","/");
  "last2" string => lastnode("$(path2)",":");

  "last3" string => lastnode("$(path2)","/");

reports:
  "Last = $(last1),$(last2),$(last3)";

}

See also: [filestat()][filestat], [dirname()][dirname], [splitstring()][splitstring].