Get the Stem of a File Name in bash
April 2026
#!/bin/bash
EXAMPLE_PATH="path/to/example-file.txt"
BASENAME=$(basename "$EXAMPLE_PATH")
STEM="${BASENAME%.*}"
echo $STEMexample-file#!/bin/bash
EXAMPLE_PATH="path/to/example-file.txt"
BASENAME=$(basename "$EXAMPLE_PATH")
STEM="${BASENAME%.*}"
echo $STEMexample-file