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Subject: command to strip suffix in .sh script
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I have this code

archive_name=`echo -n "${fromarchive}" | tr -c '[:alnum:]' _`

` is the key under Esc key  and ' key is next to enter key.

fromarchive value is archivename-201006021514.34.tar.gz

I want to strip the suffix -201006021514.34.tar.gz from the archivename.

The archivename can be upper and lower case letters interspersed with _


Do I have syntax problem with the code? I get no error on it.

Do I have the tr command coded correctly?

Or should I be using something else instead of tr command?

Help please.