MARG wrote:
> Hide like to extract the name and file verion of a tarball from its file
> name in a bash script.
>
> Example: mysql-5.1.15.tar.bz2
>
> I want to get only the "mysql-5.0.15" part.
>
> How can i get this.
> Note: the number of dots, varies.
> Example: qmail-1.03.tar.gz
If the name is in a variable, e.g. $file, then:
$ file="qmail-1.03.tar.gz"
$ base="${file%.tar.gz}"
$ echo "$base"
qmail-1.03
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