Re^2: Regex with two strings from files

Noted on the more is NOT better and the positive suggestions. I guess it really is a simple regex question. How can I match a string that basically is a file path with a several /////s with a regex. Thanks again!

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Re^3: Regex with two strings from files by AnomalousMonk (Archbishop) on Mar 01, 2017 at 03:06 UTC
`c:\@Work\Perl\monks>perl -wMstrict -le "my $s = 'this is the path/to/my/file what i want'; ;; my $rx_ptf = qr{ \w+ (?: / \w+)+ }xms; ;; print qq{matched: '$1'} if $s =~ m{ \b ($rx_ptf) \b }xms; " matched: 'path/to/my/file'` [download] The `qr// m// s///` delimiters are (more or less) arbitrary. (Update: Please see Regexp Quote-Like Operators in perlop.) Give a man a fish: `<%-{-{-{-<`	[reply] [d/l] [select]