Re: RegEx Hell

[Mark Galbreath]

Too Cool!!  Thanks, Tom!   mark >>> Tom Schindl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 31-Jan-06 12:06:22 PM >>> man File::Spec ;-) 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