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From: paul Lew <paullew.at.cisco.dot.com@cisco.com>
To: zzapper <david@tvis.co.uk>
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Subject: RE: variable expansion which will remove a file extension
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>>>>> "zzapper" == zzapper  <david@tvis.co.uk> writes:

    zzapper> Hi, How do I write a variable expansion which will remove
    zzapper> a file extension eg fred.tex -> fred

    zzapper> This is what I hacked:-

    zzapper> zip=${file//\.[[:alnum:]]*/}

$file:r