Howdy, I have a real quick need for a dirty bash script which I don't forsee using for long. I apologize for not doing any research, but I need to quickly know how to do the following and I figured one of the gurus here could help me out in the short term, so I can learn all about this later... I have a text file filled with entires of the following. /some/dir/foo.extension /some/dir/bar.extension /some/dir/x.extension etc. I would like to parse the file and generate a new text file that looks like this: foo bar x etc. The directories and the extensions are all the same. Oh and if it matters: [zoom@godzilla zoom]$ /bin/bash -version GNU bash, version 2.05b.0(1)-release (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Thanks a TON!!! -- Kyle Faber Account Manager EMR Internet kyle@emr.net 623-581-0842 voice 623-582-9499 fax UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the United States and other countries. --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss