How to use LINQ to return substring of FileInfo.Name

Question

I would like to convert the below \"foreach\" statement to a LINQ query that returns a substring of the file name into a list:

IList fileNameSu         


        

Answer 1

IList fileNameSubstringValues =
  (
    from 
      file in codeToGetFileListGoesHere
    select 
      file.Name.
        Substring(0, file.Name.Length - 
          (file.Name.Length - file.Name.IndexOf(".config.xml"))).ToList();

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