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Re: variable expansion which will remove a file extension

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From: Christian Schneider <strcat@xxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: variable expansion which will remove a file extension
Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2006 01:42:28 +0100
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* zzapper <david@xxxxxxxxxx> typed:
> How do I write a variable expansion which will remove a file extension eg 
> fred.tex -> fred
> 
> This is what I hacked:-
> 
> zip=${file//\.[[:alnum:]]*/}

Use ``${foo:r}''. ":r" remove a filename extension; its described in
zshexpn(1) /Modifiers

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