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variable expansion which will remove a file extension

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From: zzapper <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: variable expansion which will remove a file extension
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 23:52:28 +0000 (UTC)
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Hi,
How do I write a variable expansion which will remove a file extension eg 
fred.tex -> fred

This is what I hacked:-

zip=${file//\.[[:alnum:]]*/}

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