Jeremy C. Reed wrote: > 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 > Excellent! I promise I'll study it until I understand how it works. Thanks a bunch! -- -Eric 'shubes' --------------------------------------------------- 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