Extract filename and path from URL in bash script

Question

In my bash script I need to extract just the path from the given URL. For example, from the variable containing string:

http://login:password@example.com/one/more/dir/fi

Answer 1

Best bet is to find a language that has a URL parsing library:

url="http://login:password@example.com/one/more/dir/file.exe?a=sth&b=sth"
path=$( echo "$url" | ruby -ruri -e 'puts URI.parse(gets.chomp).path' )

or

path=$( echo "$url" | perl -MURI -le 'chomp($url = <>); print URI->new($url)->path' )