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Old 05-02-2011
set a variable to be a list of file names
Hi all,

I am trying to get a list of all the .tif images in my folder and set a variable that holds all the file names using C shell.

What is the best way to do it?

any help would be greatly appreciated.

Yang
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Old 05-02-2011
I personally dont like the csh for anything but here you go...
Code:
set VAR=`echo *.tif`

# 3  
Old 05-02-2011
Code:
var=`echo *.gif`

or build array like this:

Code:
array=(*.gif)

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Old 05-02-2011
Thanks for the quick reply! I have no choice but to use it because of all previous work...
Another question, how to strip the file name?

say myfilename is 'myimage.tif',
how to get 'myimage'?
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Old 05-02-2011
Code:
var='myimage.tif'
echo ${var/.*/} #or: echo ${var%.*}
myimage

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