awk help

mohan705 · #1 (**permalink**) 05-07-2008

Hi

Using awk,want to remove file extension.Below command giving error

echo 'a1.txt' |awk '{print substr($0,1,index($0,'.')-1}'

o/p suould be

a1

Thanks in advance
MR

Franklin52 · #2 (**permalink**) 05-07-2008

Code:

echo 'a1.txt' | awk -F. '{print $1}'

or

Code:

echo 'a1.txt' | sed 's/\..*//'

Regards

penchal_boddu · #3 (**permalink**) 05-07-2008

echo a.txt | awk '{print substr($0,1,(index($0,".")-1))}'

Thanks
Penchal

mohan705 · #4 (**permalink**) 05-07-2008

Thaks

MR

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