You can actually remove the cut step altogether:
erik@kim:~> while read FILE; do basename $FILE .extention; done <
testfile
foo
bar
x
erik@kim:~> cat testfile
/some/dir/foo.extention
/some/dir/bar.extention
/some/dir/x.extention
erik@kim:~>

basename will remove the file extention if you tell it what the
extention is; ".extention" in this case.

>>> george@georgetoft.com 03/03/04 1:05 PM >>>
Kyle Faber wrote:
> 
> Howdy,
> 
>         I have a real quick need for a dirty bash script which I don't
forsee using
> for long.  I apologize for not doing any research, but I need to
quickly know
> how to do the following and I figured one of the gurus here could help
me out
> in the short term, so I can learn all about this later...
> 
> I have a text file filled with entires of the following.
> 
> /some/dir/foo.extension
> /some/dir/bar.extension
> /some/dir/x.extension
> etc.
> 
> I would like to parse the file and generate a new text file that looks
like
> this:
> 
> foo
> bar
> x
> etc.
> 
> The directories and the extensions are all the same.
> 
> Oh and if it matters:
> 
> [zoom@godzilla zoom]$ /bin/bash -version
> GNU bash, version 2.05b.0(1)-release (i686-pc-linux-gnu)
> 
> Thanks a TON!!!
> --
> Kyle Faber
> Account Manager
> EMR Internet
> kyle@emr.net
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> 623-582-9499 fax
> 
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Since I'm bored . . .

bob@donelle:/tmp> while read FILE; do basename $FILE | cut -f1 -d.; done
< testfile
foo
bar
x
bob@donelle:/tmp> cat testfile
/some/dir/foo.extension
/some/dir/bar.extension
/some/dir/x.extension
bob@donelle:/tmp> 



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