[lug] simple script

[Ken Weinert]

* rotering at animalcules.com (rotering at animalcules.com) [011009 04:24]:
> On Mon, Oct 08, 2001 at 09:55:54PM -0400, Taz wrote:
> 
> > Forgive the ignorance, but is the word "basename" a keyword or filename
> > delimiter?
> 
> It's a command that strips the directory and (optionally) suffix from
> a filename.
> 
> I think Ken Weinert's solution is the much more elegant, though.

	Thanks, but one note: this is something that will only (as far
as I know) work in bash or ksh. The basename approach is something to
keep in mind if you have to do something similiar in another shell.

	I too prefer ther $( ) syntax, but that is specifically bash
(and perhaps ksh.)  The other advantage to $( ) is that they nest.

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Don't use a big word where a diminutive one will suffice.

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