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Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 13:50:56 -0500
From: Sweth Chandramouli <sweth@astaroth.nit.gwu.edu>
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Subject: param modifier to strip _all_ suffixes?
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	is there a token modifier like :r that strips _all_ 
suffixes of the form `.xxx', rather than just the last one--the 
equivalent of ${PARAM%%.*} instead of just ${PARAM%.*}?  perhaps,
if there isn't, :R could be given that meaning?

	-- sweth.

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Sweth Chandramouli
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