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  • Don't you mean echo "${a##*/}"? Commented Oct 18, 2020 at 5:40
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    @schrodigerscatcuriosity Probably more printf '%s\n' "${a##*.}" Commented Oct 18, 2020 at 7:19
  • @StéphaneChazelas OP referenced in a comment, now deleted, that he wanted (though not very clearly) the output both with dot and without it. I had in mind the former when I did this comment and my answer. Commented Oct 18, 2020 at 10:11