#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
local $^W=1;
use Data::Dumper;
my $file ="test.html"; 
my @title = split (".", $file);  

print "$file\n";
print "$title[0]\n";
print "$title[1]\n";
print "$title[2]\n";
warn Dumper(\@title);

@title = split (/\./, $file);  

print "$file\n";
print "$title[1]\n";
warn Dumper(\@title);

use File::Basename;
## remember, suffix's are regex patterns
my ($name,$path,$suffix) = fileparse($file,"\Q.html\E");
print "path $path\n";
print "name $name\n";
print "sufx $suffix\n";
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I suggest you read perlfunc:split as well as the File::Basename documentation, and for gods sake, Use strict warnings and diagnostics or die. As you can see from the above code (which you should run), the reason print "$title[1]\n"; doesn't print anything is because @title is empty, its as simple as that. If you had warnings turned on you would've been warned, so please always use warnings and strict , they'll save you a lot of grief (and use diagnostics if you're not accustomed to using warnings and strict).

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