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Old 08-30-2007
jim mcnamara jim mcnamara is online now Forum Staff  
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That syntax is correct. For ksh93 only.

try:
Code:
a="one.two"
echo $a
one.two
echo ${a%.*}
one
echo ${a#*.}
two