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# 1  
Old 10-22-2012
Extracting characters and storing in some variable
eg:
./myProgram.sh filename.cpp

I want to remove the :".cpp" extension from the filename.cpp

expected output: filename
# 2  
Old 10-22-2012
What have you tried so far?
# 3  
Old 10-22-2012
Try like.......
Code:
echo "filename.cpp"|sed 's/.cpp//g'

# 4  
Old 10-22-2012
In myProgram.sh, try:

Code:
var=${1%.cpp}

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