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Forum: UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers 08-15-2005

renaming a compressed file to filename without .Z

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renaming a compressed filename without .Z

I guess that I wasn't specific enough.

the script -
uncompress $1
mv `basename $1 .Z` newfilename

requires input of a file name. What I tried to say was
where ...

Forum: UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers 08-15-2005

renaming a compressed file to filename without .Z

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renaming a compressed file to filename without .Z

In a shell script I would like to use a compressed file name, i.e. with suffix of .Z, as a file input $1. After the file in uncompressed, I would like to use the file name without the .Z . How do I...

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