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From: Sven Wischnowsky <wischnow@informatik.hu-berlin.de>
To: zsh-users@sunsite.auc.dk
Subject: Re: param modifier to strip _all_ suffixes?
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 09:07:28 +0100 (MET)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <199903220807.JAA02960@beta.informatik.hu-berlin.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Sweth Chandramouli's message of Sat, 20 Mar 1999 13:50:56 -0500


Sweth Chandramouli wrote:

> 	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?

Combine it with `f':

  % a=foo.a.b.c
  % echo $a:fr
  foo


Bye
 Sven


--
Sven Wischnowsky                         wischnow@informatik.hu-berlin.de


             reply	other threads:[~1999-03-22  8:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1999-03-22  8:07 Sven Wischnowsky [this message]
1999-03-27 20:50 ` Bart Schaefer
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
1999-03-20 18:50 Sweth Chandramouli

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