#!/usr/bin/env perl use strict; use warnings; use URI::URL; use feature qw(say); my $url = URI::URL->new( q(http://172.20.37.115:8080/se/1.0/provision/subscribers/198968)); # say( map { ( split /\// )[-1] } $url->path ); my ($var) = map { ( split /\// )[-1] } $url->path; say $var; __END__ karls-mac-mini:monks karl$ ./1131943.pl 198968