[ale] echo filename (without extension)

[mhirsch at nubridges.com (Michael D. Hirsch)]

On Tuesday 17 December 2002 05:03 pm, Christopher Bergeron wrote:
> > echo `basename $i`
>
> hrm, that one doesn't seem to work:
>
> [root at www pictures]$ echo `basename Mvc-382f.jpg`
> Mvc-382f.jpg

if you know it ends in ".jpg" you can do
	basename $i .jpg
But if you don't then you need to be trikier with regexps.

Michael
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