[tclug-list] How to get a file extension, for sure, with awk or something else?

[Gerry]

On Tue, 17 May 2005, Nate Straz wrote:
> On Tue, May 17, 2005 at 08:29:59PM -0500, Brock Noland wrote:
>> I have a script which needs the extension of a file. The problem I am
>> having is how do I get the chars at the end of a filename after the
>> LAST period?
>>
>> brock at brockwork backups $ ls | awk -F. '{ print $2}'
>
> I think you want '{print $NF}'
>
> Nate

Or if you use zsh for a shell:
     for a in * ; echo $a:e

:-)

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Gerry Skerbitz
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