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# 1  
Old 05-09-2009
Bash Script - Removing Year and Text from File Name
Hi,

I have files with names in the following naming pattern,

HTML Code:
Name.of.movie[2008]moretext-moretext.mov
or

HTML Code:
Name of movie[2008]moretext-moretext.mov
And I would like to delete the [year] and moretext-moretext leaving just the Name of movie.

The Name of movie will always be different and the year will be any year. Is this possible? Smilie


Thanks!
# 2  
Old 05-09-2009
you recently have a similar thread on this issue. what have you tried so far?
# 3  
Old 05-09-2009
Code:
name="Name of movie[2008]moretext-moretext.mov"
newname=${name%%\[*}.mov

# 4  
Old 05-09-2009
In the same time we can use the parameter expansion for file extension.
Code:
name="Name of movie[2008]moretext-moretext.mov"
echo ${name%%\[*}.${name##*.}

# 5  
Old 05-11-2009
Code:
echo "Name of movie[2008]moretext-moretext.mov" | sed 's/\[.*\./\./'
echo "Name.of.movie[2008]moretext-moretext.mov" | sed 's/\[.*\./\./'

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