bash: How do I remove a filename's extension (aka suffix) in bash?

Programming Tips - bash: How do I remove a filename's extension (aka suffix) in bash?

Date: 2009may25 Language: bash OS: Linux Q. bash: How do I remove a filename's extension (aka suffix) in bash? A. There are many ways to do it but this is pretty nice and does not use external processes:

#!/bin/sh FILE=hello.jpg NOEXT=${FILE%\.*} echo NOEXT=$NOEXT