Dear Nilanjan,
> If I used a RE like the following:
>
> $dir =~ m,^(.*)/($fruits)/,;
>
> I get a greedy match, upto & including the last occurrence. Is there a
> RE to get the path up to the first occurrence of any one of the
> alternatives?
Doesn't non-greedy quantification solve your problem?
> $dir =~ m,^(.*?)/($fruits)/,;
Or have I mis-understood the problem?
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