use warnings; use strict; use File::Basename; my $file = 'http://txs.corp.com:8080/area/es/2215.csv.gz'; my $gzip = basename($file, qr/\.gz/); print "$gzip\n"; __END__ 2215.csv.gz #### The regular expression: (?-imsx:/(.*?\.gz)$) matches as follows: NODE EXPLANATION ---------------------------------------------------------------------- (?-imsx: group, but do not capture (case-sensitive) (with ^ and $ matching normally) (with . not matching \n) (matching whitespace and # normally): ---------------------------------------------------------------------- / '/' ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ( group and capture to \1: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- .*? any character except \n (0 or more times (matching the least amount possible)) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- \. '.' ---------------------------------------------------------------------- gz 'gz' ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ) end of \1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- $ before an optional \n, and the end of the string ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ) end of grouping ----------------------------------------------------------------------