Rob Owens <rowens@ptd.net> wrote:
> $(basename $file wav)ogg
If you've got bash or some other suitable shell you can do this same
thing without resorting to a subprocess:
W=/some/path/to/wavmusic.wav
echo $(basename "$W" wav)ogg
wavmusic.ogg
echo "${W/%wav/ogg}"
/some/path/to/wavmusic.ogg
Chris