my $str; $str = "drwxr-xr-x 2 jonnyq jonnyq 4096 Sep 21 18:52 bin"; #### my $file = substr $str, 56; #### if ( $string =~ /\s(\S+)\s*$/) { print $1, "\n" }; #### my $filename = (split /\s+/, $string)[-1]; print $filename, "\n";