#!/usr/bin/perl print "get some string: "; chomp($string = ); #$string = $ARGV[0]; #chomp($string); $string =~ m/\/([[:alnum:]]+)_.*\.(.+)$/; print "$1\n"; $type = $2; print "$type\n"; $string =~ m/(.+)\.${type}$/; #$string =~ m/(.+)\.${type}\Z/; #$string =~ m/(.+)\.${type}\z/; #$string =~ m/(.+)\.${type}/; print "$1\n"; exit 0;