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Getting parts of a filename in bash
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filename_parts
~% FILE="example.tar.gz"
~% echo "${FILE%%.*}"
example
~% echo "${FILE%.*}"
example.tar
~% echo "${FILE#*.}"
tar.gz
~% echo "${FILE##*.}"
gz
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