----- Original Message -----
From: Chris Davies
Sent: 12/28/12 01:55 PM
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: bash script to convert, compress
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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[🔎] pud0r9xeqs.ln2@news.roaima.co.uk