09-19-2001
If you're using ksh it's just:
find / -name ${name%.*}\* -print
If you're using a lower voltage shell, there is always basename, but basename can remove a specific suffix:
find / -name `basename $name .txt` -print
To remove any suffix without using ksh, you will need to use sed, but the syntax is nasty:
find / -name `echo $name | sed 's/\([^.]*\).*/\1/'` -print
And yes, these days you don't need the -print anymore, but I'm a traditional kind of guy.
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basename
basename(1B) SunOS/BSD Compatibility Package Commands basename(1B)
NAME
basename - display portions of pathnames
SYNOPSIS
/usr/ucb/basename string [suffix]
DESCRIPTION
The basename utility deletes any prefix ending in `/' and the suffix, if present in string. It directs the result to the standard output,
and is normally used inside substitution marks (` `) within shell procedures. The suffix is a string with no special significance attached
to any of the characters it contains.
EXAMPLES
Example 1: Using the basename command.
This shell procedure invoked with the argument /usr/src/bin/cat.c compiles the named file and moves the output to cat in the current direc-
tory:
example% cc $1
example% mv a.out `basename $1 .c`
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWscpu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
sh(1), attributes(5)
SunOS 5.10 28 Mar 1995 basename(1B)