knoppix@Microknoppix:~$ perl -Mstrict -Mwarnings -E ' > my @lines = ( > q{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 filename 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18}, > q{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 file name 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18}, > q{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 new file name 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18}, > ); > > foreach my $line ( @lines ) > { > my @flds = split m{\s+}, $line, 9; > @flds = split m{\s+}, reverse( $flds[ -1 ] ), 10; > my $filename = reverse $flds[ -1 ]; > say qq{>$filename<}; > }' >filename< >file name< >new file name< knoppix@Microknoppix:~$