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From: Sven Wischnowsky <wischnow@informatik.hu-berlin.de>
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In-reply-to: Sweth Chandramouli's message of Sat, 20 Mar 1999 13:50:56 -0500
Subject: Re: param modifier to strip _all_ suffixes?


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


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Sven Wischnowsky                         wischnow@informatik.hu-berlin.de