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Old 08-24-2005
extracting only the filename without its extenstion
Hi,

I have a requirement that i need to store only the filename without its extension. Can anyone please help me to do this.

For Example, i have stored the filename in a varialble called fname. I need to extract all the charecters before the first occurence of the dot.
If fname has value as PG_0008_20050519.xml.gz then i need to extract only "PG_0008_20050519". Please help me to do this.

TIA.
# 2  
Old 08-24-2005
If the extension is always the same:
Code:
fname=`basename $fname xml.gz`

If the extension is not always the same:
Code:
fname=`echo $fname | cut -d\. -f1`
fname=${fname}.

# 3  
Old 08-24-2005
Works Perfect.

Thanks a lot for the help.
# 4  
Old 08-25-2005
some more ways

the first is one with awk
echo `basename <program-path>` | awk -F"." '{print $1}'

this one is with sed but no of characters in extension need to be known in prior
for 3 character extension
echo `basename <program-path>` | sed -e 's/\....//'

advancement to the above method, no of characters in extension need not be known

echo `basename <program-path>` | sed -e 's/\..*//'
 
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