You can use a module File::Basename or I use for my scripts a simple one to extract the filename of my scripts to use in displays(Basic assumption is a valid filename being searched): my $MyFilename ;
if ( /^.+[\\\/](.+)/ ) { # assuming full or partial filename is in $_ $MyFilename = $1; } Wags ;) -----Original Message----- From: Zysman, Roiy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, June 02, 2002 04:44 To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: FW: regexp help > -----Original Message----- > From: Zysman, Roiy > Sent: Sunday, June 02, 2002 2:40 PM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: regexp help > > Hi all > how do i catch the last segment of a path and file name > for example i would like to catch only "test.gif" in /usr/src/test.gif or > from /usr/src/test1/../.../..../test.gif > 10x > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]