Linda Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > echo "${{f##*/}%$ext}" (but: -bash: ${{f##*/}%$ext}: bad substitution)
>
> Do I need to use an intermediate variable
Yes. Unfortunately, the expansion operators work directly on
variables - not on arbitrary strings which may contain other
expansions.
p
hey folks, have what is maybe, mostly a mental exercise, but...
forgive me if this is "obvious", but seems I tried this before and
didn't see 'obvious' way to make this work. "could" be viewed as
a 'bug' (in terms of consistency' maybe?), but, I'd understand that
the design may have been limited
