#!/bin/bash my_var="Hola Mundo" echo ${my_var} my_filename="interesting-text-file.txt" echo ${my_filename:0:21} echo ${my_filename%.*} complicated_filename="hello-world.tar.gz" echo ${complicated_filename%%.*} echo ${my_filename/.*/} echo 'interesting-text-file.txt' | sed 's/.txt*//' echo 'interesting-text-file.txt' | cut -f1 -d"." echo ${complicated_filename} | cut -f1 -d"."