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Is it possible left and right bash trimming with the # and % operators in one command?

Is it possible to rewrite this piece of code

$ x="/foo/somefile.txt"
$ y=${x%.*}
$ echo ${y##*/}
somefile

without the variable y?

I mean like a one command with left and right trimming at one time.

Thanks!

Solution

  • Is it possible left and right bash trimming with the # and % operators in one command?

    No, it's not possible in bash.