use warnings; use strict; use File::Basename; my $path_to_file = 'bla\bla\full\path\to\file.ext'; $path_to_file =~ s.\\.\/.g; my ($file,$path) = fileparse($path_to_file); print "$file is in $path\n"; #### use File::Copy; copy $file,$newpath or die "Cannot copy $file to $newpath:$!\n";