#!/usr/bin/perl use warnings; use strict; use feature qw{ say }; my $string = '?!?!?!/pack/something/whatever.cacshdska'; my ($before, $after) = $string =~ /(...)\W.*something.*\.c(.*)/; say for $before, $after; #### ($q=q:Sq=~/;[c](.)(.)/;chr(-||-|5+lengthSq)`"S|oS2"`map{chr |+ord }map{substrSq`S_+|`|}3E|-|`7**2-3:)=~y+S|`+$1,++print+eval$q,q,a,