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


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