Rob Dixon wrote: > > > This line is what I am having an issue with $dir = $1 > > if > > /^Dir:\s+(\W\w+\W\w+)/; > > That will match /your/path but it will not match /your > > or /your/path/is. > > > Is there a better reg.exp. I can use that will match > > anything with a / in and everything after it so I can > > have /your our /your/path or even a dir. ten > > levels deep and it will still match it? > > /^Dir:\s+(\/\S+)/ > > will capture a slash and all following non-whitespace characters > after "Dir:" and some whitespace. This should do it for you > unless you could have spaces in the path? > > By the way, use 'chomp' instead of 'chop'. The latter will > remove the last character from the string whether or not it > is a newline. The last line of a file may not be terminated > by a newline and you will lose valid data.
Alternatively use /^Dir:\s+([\/\w]+)/ which will match any mixture of word characters or slashes. Rob -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
