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Get the Stem of a File Name in bash

April 2026

bash
#!/bin/bash

EXAMPLE_PATH="path/to/example-file.txt"

BASENAME=$(basename "$EXAMPLE_PATH")
STEM="${BASENAME%.*}"

echo $STEM

output

example-file