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Hi All, i need to change the filename extension. For simplicity, we can assume that the extension after '.' is 3 characters only... but the filenames can vary. eg. changing from abc.doc to abc.dxs can i have a oneline command to achieve this

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I need a small script (sh) to remove in a variable the filename extension. Example: f = "testfile.txt" and I need a $a with "testfile". Some one a idea?

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Hi Experts, need one help.. m writing a shell script for which i need the entire path of the file but without its extension. running the below script gives error at the statement DIR = `dirname $FILE` --command not found. #!/bin/bash jar xvf *jar for FILE in `find . -name "*.class"` ...

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BASH - Removing the very last character(s) extension of a filename

Hello. I would like to know how to do this in bash script : A_WORD="ABCD_EFGH.0.100.40.123" NEW_WORD=remove_last_ext("A_WORD") NEW_WORD --> ABCD_EFGH.0.100.40 A_WORD="ABCD_EFGH.0.50.3" NEW_WORD=remove_last_ext("A_WORD") NEW_WORD --> ABCD_EFGH.0.50 A_WORD="ABCD_EFGH.3.100.50." ...

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I need to write a shell script to display the output of ls command like this ls -ltr *txt I get this -rw-r----- 1 oracle dba 51912704 Dec 11 10:27 /usr/local/sam/test12112012101247AM.txt -rw-r--r-- 1 oracle dba 7 Dec 11 11:58 /usr/local/sam/test.txt but I just need the latest...

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[BASH] Getting a filename its extension

Heyas As i often have decide things upon a filename its extension, i thought i'd write a script: Just wondering if there would be a more efficent way? out="" FN=$( echo "$1" | sed s," ","",g) # Remove any spaces and make it a single string for chance in $(echo "$FN"|sed s,"\."," ",g) # Use...

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filetype

FILETYPE(3)								 1							       FILETYPE(3)

filetype - Gets file type

SYNOPSIS

       string filetype (string	$filename)

DESCRIPTION

	Returns the type of the given file.

PARAMETERS

	      o $filename
		- Path to the file.

RETURN VALUES

	Returns the type of the file. Possible values are fifo, char, dir, block, link, file, socket and unknown.

	Returns FALSE if an error occurs. filetype(3) will also produce an E_NOTICE message if the stat call fails or if the file type is unknown.

EXAMPLES

       Example #1

	      filetype(3) example

	      <?php

	      echo filetype('/etc/passwd');  // file
	      echo filetype('/etc/');	     // dir

	      ?>

ERRORS
/EXCEPTIONS
	Upon failure, an E_WARNING is emitted.

NOTES

       Note

	      The results of this function are cached. See clearstatcache(3) for more details.

       Tip

	      As  of  PHP  5.0.0,  this function can also be used with some URL wrappers. Refer to "Supported Protocols and Wrappers" to determine
	      which wrappers support stat(3) family of functionality.

SEE ALSO

       is_dir(3), is_file(3), is_link(3), file_exists(3), mime_content_type(3), pathinfo(3), stat(3).

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