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KORN Remove PID from FIlenameHelpful Member!(2) 

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awood69 (Programmer)
25 Apr 12 10:59
I have a file name like this

    report_name.xml.12345

where the 12345 was added by using the $$

I need to remove the
     .12345 from the end of the filename before I email it out.

Thanks in advance.
Helpful Member!  feherke (Programmer)
25 Apr 12 11:02
Hi

CODE --> MKsh

master # name='report_name.xml.12345'
master # echo "${name%.*}"           
report_name.xml

Feherke.
http://feherke.github.com/

awood69 (Programmer)
25 Apr 12 11:18
Is there a way to do it without using the " * "?
feherke (Programmer)
25 Apr 12 11:26
Hi

Why ?

CODE --> MKsh

master # name='report_name.xml.12345'
master # echo "${name%.+([0-9])}"
report_name.xml

Feherke.
http://feherke.github.com/

awood69 (Programmer)
25 Apr 12 11:34
Very cool thanks a lot!
SamBones (Programmer)
25 Apr 12 13:59
A star for feherke's reply.

bigsmile

 
FlorianAwk (Programmer)
27 Apr 12 12:52
Is there somewhere any documentation about this powerfull syntax?
Helpful Member!  feherke (Programmer)
27 Apr 12 13:01

Quote (FlorianAwk):

Is there somewhere any documentation about this powerfull syntax?
See the man ksh :

Feherke.
http://feherke.github.com/

FlorianAwk (Programmer)
27 Apr 12 13:43
Thank you very much.
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