--/9nxfG+mZwdJSiAE Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 12:23:34AM -0700, Entelin wrote: > lol thanks everyone, sorry for not specifying the language (bash), but > suffice to say I have serveral methods now I can try :) bash? Try one of these: $ a =3D"string.txt" $ echo ${a%%.txt} string $ echo ${a//.txt/} string $ b=3D"${a%%.txt}" $ echo $b string See the "Parameter Expansion" section in bash(1) for more details. --=20 Bill Jonas * bill@billjonas.com * http://www.billjonas.com/ "It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your front door. You step into the Road, and if you don't keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to." -- Bilbo Baggins --/9nxfG+mZwdJSiAE Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+ZNx5dmHcUxFvDL0RAigrAKC8zh9lyR7+LerNbWlyFe0fVay07QCcC8w6 Tbik+//s2vCG7HsQ71gnSUg= =uRix -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --/9nxfG+mZwdJSiAE--