Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 21:34:37 +0200 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Bj=F6rn_K=F6nig?= <bkoenig@cs.tu-berlin.de> To: Brian Henning <brian.henning@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OT: Shell script Message-ID: <42D2C9CD.9080009@cs.tu-berlin.de> In-Reply-To: <1f75ab0e050711113657ba7057@mail.gmail.com> References: <1f75ab0e050711113657ba7057@mail.gmail.com>
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Brian Henning wrote:
> I am trying to write an SH script that i need some functionality.
>
> I want it to be able to get a filename without the extention on the end.
>
> for example.
>
> file.mp3
>
> i would like it to return 'file'.
>
> Any ideas?
This one looks ugly, but works fine:
echo 'this.is.a.filename.with.extension' | awk -F. '{ i = 2; s = $1 } {
while ( i < NF ) { s = s "." $i ;i += 1; } } { print s }'
Don't hesitate to use awk. Although it looks more complex it's often
"faster" than any equivalent solution with sed.
Björn
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