From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 7361 invoked from network); 17 Mar 2006 23:52:57 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.1 (2006-03-10) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, FORGED_RCVD_HELO autolearn=ham version=3.1.1 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 17 Mar 2006 23:52:57 -0000 Received: (qmail 82964 invoked from network); 17 Mar 2006 23:52:51 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 17 Mar 2006 23:52:51 -0000 Received: (qmail 28402 invoked by alias); 17 Mar 2006 23:52:43 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 10039 Received: (qmail 28392 invoked from network); 17 Mar 2006 23:52:42 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by sunsite.dk with SMTP; 17 Mar 2006 23:52:42 -0000 Received: (qmail 81815 invoked from network); 17 Mar 2006 23:52:42 -0000 Received: from main.gmane.org (HELO ciao.gmane.org) (80.91.229.2) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 17 Mar 2006 23:52:40 -0000 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1FKOkF-0002To-Sw for zsh-users@sunsite.dk; Sat, 18 Mar 2006 00:52:35 +0100 Received: from 241.119-84-212.ippool.ndo.com ([212.84.119.241]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 18 Mar 2006 00:52:35 +0100 Received: from david by 241.119-84-212.ippool.ndo.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 18 Mar 2006 00:52:35 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: zsh-users@sunsite.dk From: zzapper Subject: variable expansion which will remove a file extension Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 23:52:28 +0000 (UTC) Organization: SuccessTheory Message-ID: X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 241.119-84-212.ippool.ndo.com User-Agent: Xnews/5.04.25 Sender: news Hi, How do I write a variable expansion which will remove a file extension eg fred.tex -> fred This is what I hacked:- zip=${file//\.[[:alnum:]]*/} -- http://successtheory.com/ 100 FREE Success and Self-Improvement Tips