Bash Regular expression replace (regexp) Giovanni GiorgiApril 13, 2022March 24, 2023 English Content, Knowledgebase, Unix You can easily use bash to search-and-replace on variables… f="/home/alice/myfile.md" $ echo ${f//.md/.pdf} /home/alice/myfile.pdf $ echo ${f//alicee/bob} /home/alice/myfile.md $ echo ${f////-} -home-alice-myfile.md Splinch