"FlashGuy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Hi all,
> 
> I have the following line in my Perl script
> 
> $test=$ARGV[0] which dumps the following results
> 
> =D:\temp\test\filename
> 
> I need to extract only the "filename" to the right of the last "\" and put that into 
>a variable.
> There could only be one "\" in the path or possibly more. This will vary based on 
>directory structure.
> 
> How would I go about this?

use File::Spec->splitpath - 

Look for 'splitpath' in `perldoc File::Spec` or `perldoc File::Spec::Win32`

-RN

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Robin Norwood
Red Hat, Inc.

"The Sage does nothing, yet nothing remains undone."
-Lao Tzu, Te Tao Ching

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