Get filename without extension 2

[philipose]

Unix gurus,
I am using the K Shell and trying to create a shell script. I need to get a filename without an extension. ie if $file contains value "xyz.log", i need the value "xyz". i would use $file:r in C Shell, but that is not working here. Any suggestions

Thanks in advance
philipose

 

[RodKnowlton]

Check out the man page for basename

- Rod


IBM Certified Advanced Technical Expert pSeries and AIX 5L
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[kHz]

For what you want:

${file%.*}

Other examples:

file=xyz.abc.log
${file%%.*} = xyz
${file%.*+ = xyz.abc
${file##*.} = log
${file#.*} = abc.log

 

[philipose]

Guys,
you are awesome. works like a dream. star to both.
philipose