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Old 03-27-2008
how to write script to create directory
Please help. I am the beginner. Don't understand about archive file. How to create a directory for the files from each archive with name of directory which equivalent to the base name of the archive. eg I have file abc.txt. How can I create a directory name abc. Thank you
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Old 03-03-2009
Use basename
Hi Snail,

This is quite easy in Unix, just use "basename" command.

# basename abc.txt .txt

will give you the base name of the abc.txt.

# mkdir `basename abc.txt .txt`

will do pretty much what you want.

# man basename

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