How do I remove the file suffix and path portion from a path string in Bash?
Here’s how to do it with the # and % operators in Bash. $ x=”/foo/fizzbuzz.bar” $ y=${x%.bar} $ echo ${y##*/} fizzbuzz ${x%.bar} could also be ${x%.*} to remove everything after a dot or ${x%%.*} to remove everything after the first dot. Example: $ x=”/foo/fizzbuzz.bar.quux” $ y=${x%.*} $ echo $y /foo/fizzbuzz.bar $ y=${x%%.*} $ echo $y … Read more