string - Get base name of file without file extension -

let's i'd have file named "testfile.txt" set on variable:%file% , i'd remove extension when echoing . echo %file:~0,8% come out "testfile" want have display , left of ".txt" because won't make files have 8 characters in name.

is there simple solution ?

yep.

for %%i in ("testfile.txt") echo %%~ni 

or

for %%i in ("%file%") echo %%~ni 

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there way accomplish want, using substring substitution similar attempts illustrated in question.

set "file=testfile.txt" echo %file:.=&rem;% 

that substitutes dot &rem;. when variable evaluated, batch interpreter treats newly substituted data compound command. , since following rem treated remark ignored, you're left testfile output. work if:

• you don't include quotation marks in variable value
• your filename includes 1 dot
• you don't within parenthetical code block (if statement or for loop) delayed expansion required