> I have a string for example: > > "directory/subdirectory/subsubdirectory/filename.gz" > > How do I extract the filename.gz part for testing, > the number of subdirectories is not fixed?
use File::Basename; my $file = "directory/subdirectory/filename.gz"; print basename($file); Jonathan Paton __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]