[Techtalk] recording music CDs- batch conversions

[Meredydd]

On Tuesday 09 March 2004 12:57, dominik.schramm at gmxpro.net wrote:
> The ${i%xyz} notation cuts off "xyz" from the right side of $i.
> cut -d. -f1 returns everything up to the first dot. If there
> are multiple dots in the file name, it fails.
Ha! Fantastic! You know, I've always said that bash should have a 
builtin for removing extensions, seeing as it happens all the time and 
all. Well, now I know.

Meredydd