[vox-tech] python: slicing extensions from file names

[David Siedband]

I'd like to find a way to slice the extension off of a file name in python.

That is, I'd like to slice everything after the first period in the file 
name.

I'm renaming the files based on another algorythm, but I need to keep 
the extension the same.

I looked at the slice( ) function, but it seems to want me to specify 
the size of the slice in characters. andI need to allow for extensions 
with more or less than 3 characters.

Any suggestions on this would be much appreciated

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David