[ale] stripping filename extension in bash

[Geoffrey]

Christopher Bergeron wrote:
> Sweet!  Thanks for all the help!  I used the first suggestion (thanks 
> Jason!) in my script, but I learned all about basename which is an 
> extremely useful utility.

Better late then never....  I think you will find Dave Jackson's 
suggestion to be the fastest, since it is a builtin.


foo=foo.com.bar

echo ${foo%.*}

This will strip anything from the LAST '.' to the end of the file name, 
so it handles such things as the example above.

> 
> Thanks again guys!!!
> 
> -CB
> 
> 
> Danny Cox wrote:
> 
>> Chris,
>>
>> On Sat, 2002-11-30 at 15:45, Christopher Bergeron wrote:
>>  
>>
>>> Does anyone know how I can strip the extension from a filename in a 
>>> bash script?
>>>
>>>   
>>
>>
>>     The "traditional" way is to use 'basename'.  It will also remove any
>> preceding directory names.  But, if you include an extension to strip,
>> it'll remove that too:
>>
>>     I=xyzzy.jpg
>>     echo $(basename "$I" .jpg)
>>
>> will echo "xyzzy".
>>
>>     Of course, there are many ways to do what you want, as witnessed 
>> by the
>> other suggestions.
>>
>>  
>>
> 
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