I am getting the file name in a variable
i need to remove the extension and append a string to it.
file= file1.xml

i need to trim it and append "_output.txt" to it,without changing the file file1.

Output should be file1_output.xml

I jus need to modify the file name string.

Please write me as of how to do this

Hi.

Vlad, I had the same problem and your post solved the puzzle.
could you just explain what "%%" does in your command ?

file=${file%%.*}${newExt}

Thanks,

S.

'man ksh' and search for 'Parameter Expansion'

I'm wondering if I can use this for my problem? It's a little different, but I can't seem to figure out how to do it. I'm trying to copy a changing list of files from one directory to another while adding a variable prefix and a date suffix to a file name before the file extension. The problem is the files might have multiple extensions.

For example, I have two files:
test1.zip
test2.txt.pgp

I would like to move them to the other directory while changing the name. So I would like the copied files to be:

MAP_test1_20041110.zip
MAP_test2_20041110.txt.pgp

I can change the file name fine. But can't figure out how to maintain the file extensions.

Here's what I have so far:
fname=test2.txt.pgp
comp_sym="MAP"

newfilename=$comp_sym"_"${fname%%.*}"_"`date +%Y%m%d`
(this will get me MAP_test2_20041110 but can't figure out how to get those varied file extensions)

Thanks

newfilename="${comp_sym}_${fname%%.*}_$(date +%Y%m%d).${fname#*.}"

Wow, that was easy. Thanks! Your a lifesaver.