Try:
$tarFile =~ s/^(\w+)\.tar$/$1/;
Troy
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Purcell, Scott
Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2001 1:32 PM
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Subject: $1 question
Hello,
I don't know why I can't ever do this, but I know I have seen what I am
trying to accomplish done in one line.
I have a line that looks like the following:
my $tarFile = 1234567_six12.tar
And I want to strip off the '.tar'
So I know I can catch everything up to the first '.' in a ()
$tarFile =~ s/^(\w+)\./$1/;
print "$tarFile; gives me 1234567_six12tar, it just removes the period?
What the heck am I doing wrong today? Any ideas? Or does this have to be
done on two lines like my next eg. which works.
$tarFile =~ s/^(\w+)\./$1/;
my $tmpGoodFile = $1;
That just doesn't seem proper to me.
Thanks
Scott Purcell
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