Nomen est omen (AKA "the name is a sign"). Please see also File::Basename.

Update:

#!/usr/bin/env perl                                                   
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use strict;
use warnings;
use File::Basename;

my $fullpath = q(/Users/karl/monks/basename.pl);
my $basename = basename($fullpath);
my $dirname  = dirname($fullpath);

print qq(\$fullpath: $fullpath\n);
print qq(\$basename: $basename\n);
print qq(\$dirname: $dirname\n);

__END__

karls-mac-mini:monks karl$ ./basename.pl                              
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$fullpath: /Users/karl/monks/basename.pl
$basename: basename.pl
$dirname: /Users/karl/monks

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Regards, Karl

«The Crux of the Biscuit is the Apostrophe»

In reply to Re: Basename Module by karlgoethebier
in thread Basename Module by ostra

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