On Feb 21, 2014, at 6:21 AM, Wernher Eksteen <crypt...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all, > > From the below file names I only need the version number 1.2.4 without > explicitly specifying it. > > check_mk-1.2.4.tar.gz > check_mk-agent-1.2.4-1.noarch.rpm > check_mk-agent-logwatch-1.2.4-1.noarch.rpm > check_mk-agent-oracle-1.2.4-1.noarch.rpm > mk-livestatus-1.2.4.tar.gz > mkeventd-1.2.4.tar.gz > > What regex can I use to obtain only the string value 1.2.4 from the file > names (or whatever future versions based on the 3 numbers separated by 3 > dots, [0-9].[0-9].[0-9]? Here’s one that will do any number of digits, provided they are preceded by a hyphen and followed by a hyphen or period (like all of your samples): /-([\d.]+)[.-]/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
