Get filename and extension in Shell Script
#!/bin/bash
filePath="~/Desktop/GETTING THINGS DONE.pdf"
filename=$(basename "$filePath")
extension="${filename##*.}"
filename="${filename%.*}"
echo "$filename"
echo "$extension"output:
FileName: GETTING THINGS DONE
FileExtension: pdf
Written by CrazyApi
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Awesome! This also helped me understand the use of ## and % with the *.
Still lot more to learn...
over 1 year ago
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