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FILEBASE
Section: Aardvark Shell Utils (1)
Updated: Dec. 23, 2003
Index NAME
filebase- returns the base of a filename (everything before the last '.').
USAGE
filebase<filename>
DESCRIPTION
filebasetruncates all characters after the last occurence of '.' (period) in afilename, including the period itself, and prints the resulting filename tothe standard output.
If the input filename does not contain a period the entire filename is echoedback unchanged.
If the input filename contains a '/' (slash) only the portion after the last slash is considered to be the filename.
If no command line arguments are given thenfilebasewill read from standard input, and thus it can be used in pipes. Standardinput will be processed one line at a time, which each filename on each linebeing processed separately.
EXAMPLES
> filebase foo.txt
foo
>
> filebase foo.txt.gz
foo.txt
>
RETURN VALUES
filebasereturns zero on success, non-zero on failure. Note that the absence of aperiod in the input string does NOT consitute a non-zero return value.
SEE ALSO
basename(1)
dirname(1)
fileext(1)
realpath(1)
BUGS
Report bugs to <softwareAATTlaffeycomputer.com>
CONTRIBUTORS
Original code:
- Joe Laffey <softwareAATTlaffeycomputer.com>
UPDATES
filebaseis part of the
Aardvark Shell UtilitiesOfficial Aardvark Shell Utilitieswebsite:
- http://www.laffeycomputer.com/shellutils.html
Index
- NAME
- USAGE
- DESCRIPTION
- EXAMPLES
- RETURN VALUES
- SEE ALSO
- BUGS
- CONTRIBUTORS
- UPDATES
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