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Re: How do I extract a file name from a path string

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on Oct 08, 2004 at 10:58 UTC ( [id://397661]=note: print w/replies, xml )

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$filepath = '/u/test/global/filename.txt';
my ( @data ) = split /\//, $filepath;
my ( $filename ) = $data[$#data];
print "$filename" ; ## will print filename.txt
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Re: Answer: How do I extract a file name from a path string by TVSET (Chaplain) on Oct 09, 2004 at 13:04 UTC
Why all the <br>s? ;) Leonid Mamtchenkov aka TVSET	[reply]
Re^2: Answer: How do I extract a file name from a path string by ysth (Canon) on Oct 10, 2004 at 15:11 UTC
`<br>`'s removed now.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Answer: How do I extract a file name from a path string by TedPride (Priest) on Oct 09, 2004 at 15:59 UTC
`my $filepath = '/u/test/global/filename.txt'; my $fname = substr($filepath, rindex($filepath, '/') + 1);` [download]	[reply] [d/l]

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