Re: variable expansion which will remove a file extension

[Dominic Mitchell <dom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

zzapper wrote:
> Hi,
> 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:]]*/}

How about:

zip=${file%.*}

-Dom