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Old 05-08-2006
Striping process variable
Hello. I would like to strip out the process name from the ${0##*\} variable. So that if I have a script named "mytest.script" the variable would be populated with just "mytest" I have tried doing a substring but it doesnt seem to work.

Code:
name=`expr match "${0}" : './*\(/*.\)'`

Doing this gets me "m". I can do it in 2 steps. But I would like to accomplish in 1 if there is a way.

Thank you,
# 2  
Old 05-08-2006
Got a little bit closer with
Code:
name=`${0%.*}`

gives me "./my" but now it has the "./" that I want to get rid of.

help...
# 3  
Old 05-09-2006
use basename
Tried using 'basename' if that is your requirement.
basename /home/user1/new.sh .sh --> gives o/p as new.
# 4  
Old 05-09-2006
No I would like to use the ${0} variable to derive the name with out the extension. So if I had a script named thescript.script and i have a variable within the script:
Code:
name=${0##*/}

here i get "thescript.script"
however I want to get "thescript"
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Old 05-09-2006
re
after you get the thescript.script into 'name'. Do
fname=${name%%.script}
echo $fname --> gives 'thescript'
 
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