On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 08:30:23 +0100 Colin Watson wrote: > On Sun, Oct 12, 2003 at 11:18:11PM -0400, Jeff Elkins wrote: > > mpg123 -b 10000 -s "$1" | sox -t raw -r 44100 -s -w -c2 - "$2" > > > > In every case, $1 and $2 are the same, except for $2 I want the output > > filename to have a .wav extension. > > > > Could I alter the script to eliminate entering $2, since the basic filename is > > the same? > > Here's a little expression that strips off any trailing ".<extension>" > from $1 and tacks on ".wav". > > "${1%.*}.wav"
That's much better, no dependency on yet another utility, so more portable code. -- Carlos Sousa http://vbc.dyndns.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]