Re: [MacPerl] Easy regex?

[Rich Morin <rdm@cfcl.com>]

At 8:32 AM -0800 12/17/98, Scott, Lachlan wrote:
>> $orig_path =
>> "server.mydomain.de/directory1/directory2/irritating_filename.pl";
>>
>> and I want
>>
>> $desired_path ="server.mydomain.de/directory1/directory2/";
>>
>> the number of directories and their names is variable; the name and of
>>the
>> irritating file and the length of it's name may change, but for the time
>> being assume *.pl

if ($orig_path =~ m@/[^/]+\.pl$@) {
  ($desired_path = $orig_path) =~ s@/[^/]+$@@;
} else {
  # error...
}
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