Certainly! To remove the extension from a filename variable in **Bash**, you can use parameter expansion. Here are a couple of ways to achieve this:
1. **Using Parameter Expansion**:
```bash
filename="file.txt"
no_extension="${filename%.*}"
echo "The file name without the extension is: $no_extension"
```
This will output:
{{gt}} The file name without the extension is: file
If you have a file path and not just a file name, you can use `basename` first to get just the filename including the extension. For example:
```bash
filepath="path.to/foo.txt"
filename=$(basename "$filepath")
echo "${filename%.*}"
```
This will correctly handle cases where there are dots in the path or multiple extensions¹².
2. **Using `basename`**:
If you always know the extension you want to remove, you can directly use `basename`:
```bash
basename /home/jsmith/base.wiki .wiki
```
This will give you `/home/jsmith/base` as the result.
Remember to adjust the commands based on your specific use case! 🌟
Source: Conversation with Bing, 4/2/2024
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