Re: Regex to extract last 3 components of filename

Because your regexp is greedy. See also Breaking file path into segments, perlretut.

Hope this helps!

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Re^2: Regex to extract last 3 components of filename by Fletch (Bishop) on May 04, 2021 at 22:51 UTC
Started to reply with a similar Path::Tiny invocation then read what you'd linked so . . . foo. Instead, File::Spec(::Functions): `$ perl -MFile::Spec::Functions=splitdir -E '@p = splitdir( "/x/y/z/a/b +/c/d/e.f" );say join( qq{\n}, @p[-3,-2,-1] )' c d e.f` [download] The cake is a lie. The cake is a lie. The cake is a lie.	[reply] [d/l]