on the other hand: -----------------8<----------------- my $bla = "/dir/subdir/file.ext";
$bla =~ /(\w+\.\w+)$/; print $1 . "\n"; # file.ext -----------------8<----------------- works perfectly Mark Galbreath wrote: > Close enough to perl, I hope... > > I'm trying to string the filename from the path: > > /dir/subdir/file.ext => file.ext > > with > > /\w+\.\w+$/ > > and am getting the entire path returned. I am falling asleep reading > the perldoc regex "intro," "tutorial," full doc, and even Jeffrey > Friedl's "Mastering Regular Expressions." This can't be this difficult > nor unusual! Why can't I find an example somewhere or get this to > work? Better yet, somebody please profer a solution? :-) > > mark
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