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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Change file extension Post 302987731 by rohit_shinez on Thursday 15th of December 2016 02:09:23 AM
Old 12-15-2016
Change file extension

Hi Guys,

i am trying to redirect a file wherein i need to change the extension of the file from .sh to .tmp, but getting an error

Code:
a=test.txt

sh test.txt > path/$(basename "$a" .sh).tmp

i need 
test.tmp

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Guys it worked for me
 

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xeyes [-option ...] DESCRIPTION
Xeyes watches what you do and reports to the Boss. OPTIONS
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