On Fri, 2004-07-23 at 08:47, Ben de Luca wrote:
> well the file names appear to be well structured, and I have never seen
> the basename cmd before :). I use types of unix how common is the
> command? it looks like it have been around for a while.
>
> if i was worried about extra . I might use.
> BASE=`echo ${FILE} | awk -F ".log$" '{print $1}'
For what it is worth it is extremely portable. More portable than awk
:-)
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KenF
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