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Umm.. try running the example he gave (or reading the node more closely). It does match the last part of the filename following the final dot. So if you run:

perl -MFile::Basename -e 'print join ":", fileparse("foo.bar.baz", "\\
+.[^.]+"), "\n"'
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It produces foo.bar as the filename, ./ as the directory and baz as the extension. A few more filenames and results follow:

Input filename	Base name	Extension
foo.bar.baz	foo.bar	baz
foo.bar	foo	bar
foo	foo	none

-ben

In reply to Knob Re: Parse out the extension of a filename - return base of filename. by knobunc
in thread Parse out the extension of a filename - return base of filename. by snafu

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