How to list only filenames removing directories and subdirectories

Question

How can I get the list of only filenames and remove directory and subdirectories using find, sed, awk, cut or any.

For e.g : I get list of all media files using find as such:

find /var/warehouse/* -type f \( -name "*.avi" -o -name "*.mkv" -o -name "*.flv" -o -name "*.mp4" \) -exec ls {} +

Output:

/var/warehouse/movies/Blade/The.Bucket.List[2007]DvDrip-aXXo.avi
/var/warehouse/movies/Blade/The Lion King (1994).mkv
/var/warehouse/movies/Blade/The.Pursuit.of.Happyness.2006.DVD5.720p.BluRay.x264-REVEiLLE.en.mkv
/var/warehouse/movies/Blade/The Secret [Dual Audio] Upscaled 720p Ripped by FÅM€.mkv
/var/warehouse/movies/Blade/Yes.Man.2008.DvDRip-FxM.avi
/var/warehouse/movies/Bollywood/Bhaag Milkha Bhaag - DVDScr - XviD - 1CDRip - [DDR].avi

I wanted output as:

The.Bucket.List[2007]DvDrip-aXXo.avi
The Lion King (1994).mkv
The.Pursuit.of.Happyness.2006.DVD5.720p.BluRay.x264-REVEiLLE.en.mkv
The Secret [Dual Audio] Upscaled 720p Ripped by FÅM€.mkv
Yes.Man.2008.DvDRip-FxM.avi
Bhaag Milkha Bhaag - DVDScr - XviD - 1CDRip - [DDR].avi

Answer 1

You have most of it already. You just need to change your -exec to a -printf

find /var/warehouse/* -type f \( -name "*.avi" -o -name "*.mkv" -o -name "*.flv" -o -name "*.mp4" \) -printf "%f\n"

%f will print the name of the file that was found, ignoring the path to it.

You may also want to consider changing your -name to -iname (case insensitive match) so that it matches files like *.Avi and *.AVI as well.

Answer 2

POSIXly:

find /var/warehouse/* -type f \( -name "*.avi" -o -name "*.mkv" \
    -o -name "*.flv" \
    -o -name "*.mp4" \) \
    -exec basename {} \;

or you can combine find with sed:

find /var/warehouse/* -type f \( -name "*.avi" -o -name "*.mkv" \
    -o -name "*.flv" \
    -o -name "*.mp4" \) | sed -e 's!.*/!!'