On Mon, 12 Jun 2006, Eric "Shubes" wrote: > I have a variable x=qmail-toaster-1.2.9-1.3.1.src.rpm > > I want a variable y=qmail-toaster > > I'm thinking that to get from x to y, I need to strip -*-*.src.rpm off the > end. How do I do that? (or is there a better way?) sed -e 's,-[^-]*-[^-]*.src.rpm$,,' Jeremy C. Reed echo '9,J8HD,fDGG8B@?:536FC5=8@I;C5?@H5B0D@5GBIELD54DL>@8L?:5GDEJ8LDG1' |\ sed ss,s50EBsg | tr 0-M 'p.wBt SgiIlxmLhan:o,erDsduv/cyP' --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss