Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sources.redhat.com Message-ID: <004d01c0fe2d$38c1eaf0$6464648a@ca.boeing.com> From: "Michael A. Chase" To: "malcolm.boekhoff" , "Cygwin News Group" References: <20010626103817.A221@BOEKHOFF_M> Subject: Re: How to extract suffix from a filename? Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2001 03:44:12 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 There are a few possibilities. Which is best for you depends on your system. Both bash and tcsh/csh have methods built in for chopping up environment or shell variables. You could also use sed in a pipeline if you can't count on the shell you call having those abilities. For bash, look in the manpage under "Parameter Expansion". For tcsh, look in the manpage for "modifiers". -- Mac :}) ** I normally forward private questions to the appropriate mail list. ** Give a hobbit a fish and he eats fish for a day. Give a hobbit a ring and he eats fish for an age. ----- Original Message ----- From: "malcolm.boekhoff" To: "Cygwin News Group" Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2001 02:38 Subject: How to extract suffix from a filename? > Okay, it's a silly question - how can I extract the suffix from a file > name (I know I can use "basename" and "dirname" to get the file and > directory components)? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/