How do I write some (bash) shell script to convert all matching filenames in directory to command-line options?

The trick is here is using parameter substitution to remove the file extension.

And if you care to do it correct (which means, don't allow wordsplitting to cut your filenames apart or unexpected globbing to expand to random filenames), use an array.

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