Rob Owens <row...@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-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pud0r9xeqs....@news.roaima.co.uk