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Old 02-06-2011
List of file names

I have the following list of file names stored in $fnames, so that if I do

Code:
 
  foreach f ($fnames)
    echo "$f"
  end

I will get

Code:
n02-z30-sr65-rgdt0p50-dc0p002-16x12drw-run1
n02-z30-sr65-rgdt0p50-dc0p002-16x12drw-run2
n02-z30-sr65-rgdt0p50-dc0p002-16x12drw-run3
n02-z30-sr65-rgdt0p50-dc0p002-16x12drw-run4
n02-z30-sr65-rgdt0p50-dc0p002-16x12drw-run5
n02-z30-sr65-rgdt0p50-dc0p002-16x12drw-run6
n02-z30-sr65-rgdt0p50-dc0p004-16x12drw-run1
n02-z30-sr65-rgdt0p50-dc0p004-16x12drw-run2
n02-z30-sr65-rgdt0p50-dc0p004-16x12drw-run3
n02-z30-sr65-rgdt0p50-dc0p004-16x12drw-run4
n02-z30-sr65-rgdt0p50-dc0p004-16x12drw-run5
n02-z30-sr65-rgdt0p50-dc0p004-16x12drw-run6
n02-z30-sr65-rgdt0p50-dc0p006-16x12drw-run1
n02-z30-sr65-rgdt0p50-dc0p006-16x12drw-run2
n02-z30-sr65-rgdt0p50-dc0p006-16x12drw-run3
n02-z30-sr65-rgdt0p50-dc0p006-16x12drw-run4
n02-z30-sr65-rgdt0p50-dc0p006-16x12drw-run5
n02-z30-sr65-rgdt0p50-dc0p006-16x12drw-run6
n02-z30-sr65-rgdt0p50-dc0p006-16x12drw-run7
n02-z30-sr65-rgdt0p50-dc0p008-16x12drw-run1
n02-z30-sr65-rgdt0p50-dc0p008-16x12drw-run2
n02-z30-sr65-rgdt0p50-dc0p008-16x12drw-run3
n02-z30-sr65-rgdt0p50-dc0p008-16x12drw-run4
n02-z30-sr65-rgdt0p50-dc0p008-16x12drw-run5
n02-z30-sr65-rgdt0p50-dc0p008-16x12drw-run6
n02-z30-sr65-rgdt0p50-dc0p008-16x12drw-run7
n02-z30-sr65-rgdt0p50-dc0p01-16x12drw-run1
n02-z30-sr65-rgdt0p50-dc0p01-16x12drw-run2
n02-z30-sr65-rgdt0p50-dc0p01-16x12drw-run3
n02-z30-sr65-rgdt0p50-dc0p01-16x12drw-run4
n02-z30-sr65-rgdt0p50-dc0p01-16x12drw-run5
n02-z30-sr65-rgdt0p50-dc0p01-16x12drw-run6

I want to create a list of the various filenames without the -run tag.

In other words, I want to have the list

Code:
n02-z30-sr65-rgdt0p50-dc0p002-16x12drw
n02-z30-sr65-rgdt0p50-dc0p004-16x12drw
n02-z30-sr65-rgdt0p50-dc0p006-16x12drw
n02-z30-sr65-rgdt0p50-dc0p008-16x12drw
n02-z30-sr65-rgdt0p50-dc0p01-16x12drw

# 2  
Old 02-06-2011
Code:
foreach f ($fnames)
    echo "${f%-*}"
  end

# 3  
Old 02-06-2011
I'm using csh and didn't seem to work
# 4  
Old 02-06-2011
Try...
Code:
foreach f ($fnames)
    echo "$f" | sed 's/\(.*\)-.*$/\1/'
  end

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