Remove a part of a filename in a Bash loop

[Marius]

I have many files named like this:

lib01.GFBAG_UHAU.fastq.sam.bam
lib02.ABABAB_ZU.fastq.sam.bam
lib03.ZGAZG_IAUDH.fastq.sam.bam

Many parts of the filenames are thus variable in length, although they are connected through the same type of punctuation (. or _).
What I want to achieve is to remove the part .fastq.sam.bam from a filename when I loop trough these files in BASH. How do I achieve this in Bash?

[SNPsaurus]

You want to split the string on a "." delimiter and then keep the first two parts. Or use ".fastq.sam.bam" as a delimiter, I suppose!

https://www.tutorialkart.com/bash-sh...-split-string/

[ungsik]

Refer to https://unix.stackexchange.com/quest...ck-of-variable

An example for changing extension from fastq.sam.bam to txt.

for file in *.fastq.sam.bam
do
mv ${file%.fastq.sam.bam} ${file%.fastq.sam.bam}.txt
done

[pmiguel]

Originally Posted by ungsik

Refer to https://unix.stackexchange.com/quest...ck-of-variable

An example for changing extension from fastq.sam.bam to txt.

for file in *.fastq.sam.bam
do
mv ${file%.fastq.sam.bam} ${file%.fastq.sam.bam}.txt
done

Don't you mean:

for file in *.fastq.sam.bam
do
mv $file ${file%.fastq.sam.bam}.txt
done

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Phillip