Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2010 20:25:36 -0400 From: Vinny <vinny-mail-01+freebsd20100602@palaceofretention.ca> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: command to strip suffix in .sh script Message-ID: <4C06F680.1000608@palaceofretention.ca> In-Reply-To: <4C06169A.9090604@infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <4C06131A.6010107@comclark.com> <20100602082401.GA2876@current.Sisis.de> <4C06169A.9090604@infracaninophile.co.uk>
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On 06/02/2010 04:30, Matthew Seaman wrote:
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> On 02/06/2010 09:24:01, Matthias Apitz wrote:
>> El d=C3=83=C2=ADa Wednesday, June 02, 2010 a las 04:15:22PM +0800, Aiz=
a escribi=C3=83=C2=B3:
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>>> I have this code
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>> $ echo 'archivename-201006021514.34.tar.gz' | sed 's/-.*$//'
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> archive_name=3D${fromarchive%-*}
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Thanks Matthew, that's really neat. It took me a long time
to find the correct google incantation to find the documentation
for that. ( bourne shell pattern-matching notation )
Sure is nice to learn something new everyday.
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