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Extracting Filename (without Extension) In Ruby

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Shortest, rock-solid idiom for removing the extension, without
removing the preceding path:

  fname.chomp(File.extname(fname))

Best idiom if you are removing the path also:

  File.basename(fname, '.*') 

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