debraj bhattacharyya wrote:
> Hi
> I am facing a problem .In one script ,it asks the user to enter a filename ,where
>the whole path can also be entered.For Example :
>
> Enter the FILENAME : /usr/bin/xyz.sql
>
> My question is how to separate the directory path from the filename ,store it in
>different variables and then go to that particular directory to look for the file ?
>
> Thanx
> Raj
Try:
if ($fullPath =~ /(.*)\/(.*)) {
$Path = $1;
$file = $2;
}
since the first .* is greedy, this will take the entire path up top the final
delimiter.
Joseph
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