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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Stripping out the extension of a file name Post 302101179 by reborg on Thursday 28th of December 2006 08:22:44 PM
Old 12-28-2006
Quote:
Originally Posted by blowtorch
Code:
# filename=myfile.txt
# newvariable=$(echo ${filename%.*})
# echo $newvariable
myfile

Blowtorch, why the extra subshell and echo, the holiday running on a bit? Smilie

Code:
# filename=myfile.txt
# newvariable=${filename%.*}
# echo $newvariable

 

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INSTALLSIEVE(1) 					      General Commands Manual						   INSTALLSIEVE(1)

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NAME
installsieve - user utility for managing sieve scripts SYNOPSIS
installsieve DESCRIPTION
installsieve is a utility that allows users to manage their sieve scripts kept on the server. OPTIONS
-v <name> View script with the given name. The script if retrieved sucessfully is output to standard output. -l List all of the scripts currently on the server. If one of the scripts is active a arrow is printed indicating that it is the active script. -p <port> Port to connect to. If left off this defaults to "sieve" as defined in /etc/services. -i <file> Install a file onto the server. If a script with the same name already exists on the server it is overwritten. Upon sucessfully putting the script on the server the script is set active. If <file> has the extension .script it is chopped when put on the server since sieve names may not contain a '.'. -a <name> Set <name> as the active script. The list of available names can be obtained from the '-l' option.. -d <name> Delete the sieve script on the server with <name>. -m <mechanism> Force installsieve to use <mechanism> for authentication. If not specified the strongest authentication mechanism is chosen. -g <name> Get the sieve script with <name> and save it to disk with a ".script" extension. If a file with that name already exists it is overwritten. -u <user> Userid/Authname to use for authentication; by default, the current user. CMU
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