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

In bash:

URL='http://login:password@example.com/one/more/dir/file.exe?a=sth&b=sth'
URL_NOPRO=${URL:7}
URL_REL=${URL_NOPRO#*/}
echo "/${URL_REL%%\?*}"

Works only if URL starts with http:// or a protocol with the same length Otherwise, it's probably easier to use regex with sed, grep or cut ...