Hi, here's what I made a note of:
$ var=file.jpg
To remove at end: %:
$ echo ${var%jpg}
file.
To remove at start: #:
$ echo ${var#file}
.jpg
To kill entire type:
$ echo ${var%.*}
file
HTH,
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