OT: Shell script

[Björn König]

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