/bin/sh: 1: Syntax error: Unterminated quoted string when using basename

code example:my PWD = /aa/bb/cc/dd

dir= `dirname "$(PWD)"`
output = `basename "${dir}"`

dir variable outputs correctly: /aa/bb/cc

desired output variable: cc

error I'm getting: /bin/sh: 1: Syntax error: Unterminated quoted string

I've tried different quotation combinations and other things like these suggested solutions: and

2 Answers

Below code is working for me :

dir1=`dirname "$PWD"`
output=`basename "$dir1"`

Instead of "$(PWD)", you'll want "${PWD}". The former tries to execute the command PWD, the latter expands to the value of the variable PWD.