Mauricio Lairet P. wrote: > Hi! > > I have this line for example: > > c:\dir\subdir\subsubdir\subsubsubdir\file.ext > > and another line: > > d:\dir\file2.ext > > How can I strip the root and dirs address and just keep the name "file.ext" > and "file2.ext"?
You could use File::Basename or a RE: my $path = 'c:\dir\subdir\subsubdir\subsubsubdir\file.ext'; (my $basename = $path) =~ s/^.*[\\\/]//; print "$basename\n"; -- ,-/- __ _ _ $Bill Luebkert ICQ=14439852 (_/ / ) // // DBE Collectibles Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] / ) /--< o // // http://dbecoll.tripod.com/ (Free site for Perl) -/-' /___/_<_</_</_ Castle of Medieval Myth & Magic http://www.todbe.com/ _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/listinfo/perl-win32-users
