Argh! non skinny substitution delimiters :). Lemme see if I understand though.

s#(?<!/)$#/#;

means... if the character / is NOT occuring as the last char in the string, substitute a / for the match, BUT since this is a zero width match ?< then presumably "/" replaces "" at the end of the string?.

Not being a regex guru, and knowing that (at least for me), you're only as good as your best reference!! , I used the Perl In a Nutshell regex reference to unwrap this. However, the only mention of ! , is as the !~ operator, or in situations like (?<!=...) or (?!...) , being hesitant to use code before I understand it, am I even close?

evil groan I don't want to map .anything (should have been clearer in the 1st post) , I like the .invisibility - and shall not shirk it!

In reply to Re: Re: Re: Everybody loves not using File::Find by submersible_toaster
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