*SOLVED*

I have a problem with my Perl coursework. Hope someone can help.

I need a regular expression which accepts a filename as a argument.
The conditions for the file name are;

* No greater than 8 characters in length
* No file extension allowed
* At least 3 characters
* Must start with a letter, all though digits are permitted for characters other than the first again.

Here is my incomplete failed attempt. :(

while ($FileStr !~ m/(^[a-zA-Z])\w{2,5}/) {<br><br>
    
    print ("Please input a valid filename:");<br>
    $FileStr = <STDIN>;<br>
    chomp ($FileStr);<br>
    $x = length($FileStr);<br>
}

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