note 2teez <p> <i>"..Is there easier way to put this?.."</i><br><br> Another way is to use <b>canonpath</b> method from [doc://File::Spec] like so: <c> use strict; use warnings; use File::Spec qw(canonpath); my $dir_str = "test/home/players/demo//thumbs/super.jpg"; print File::Spec->canonpath($dir_str); </c> <tt>Output:</tt><br> test/home/players/demo/thumbs/super.jpg<br><br> <b>NOTE:</b><br> <tt>No physical check on the filesystem, but a logical cleanup of a path.</tt> </p> <!-- Node text goes above. Div tags should contain sig only --> <div class="pmsig"><div class="pmsig-918402"> If you tell me, I'll forget.<br> If you show me, I'll remember.<br> if you involve me, I'll understand.<br> --- Author [unknown to me] </div></div> 1011302 1011302