From: WC -Sx- Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Jas wrote: > > > if($file =~ /^(\d{8})-www\.tar\.gz$/) { > > > I believe you might like this better - > > ... > > if ($file =~ /^\d{4}.*-www\.t(?:ar.)gz$/i) {
You forgot to escape the last dot and to make the ar. optional :-) if ($file =~ /^\d{4}.*-www\.t(?:ar\.)?gz$/i) { Now it matches either .tag.gz or .tgz as you intended. I don't think Jas needs that though. Jenda ===== [EMAIL PROTECTED] === http://Jenda.Krynicky.cz ===== When it comes to wine, women and song, wizards are allowed to get drunk and croon as much as they like. -- Terry Pratchett in Sourcery -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>