On Friday 02 September 2005 15:00, Jerry Geis wrote:
> I am trying to use cut to tell me the suffix of a file.
> for example: echo /home/silentm/log/file.machine.log | cut -d . -f 1-
>
Bad to use but it would be 3-, not 1-
> I was expecting to get .log or log but I get the entire string echoed back.
>
> doing the opposite gave me what I expected:
> echo /home/silentm/log/file.machine.log | cut -d . -f 1
> gives me
> /home/silentm/log/file
>
> I am trying to find a way to test if the file ends in .log?
>
> How might I do that.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jerry
>
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