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Old 06-01-2008
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mschwage View Post
The ${var%pattern} construct is a ksh (and perhaps bash) shell thing, not bourne shell or csh.
I use Bourne shell(/vin/sh)sh
Quote:
Originally Posted by mschwage View Post
[*]The thing on the righthandside of the % is a pattern, not a regexp.
Yes, however you can use regexp.
Code:
y=${x%.*.?}