Search a string from beginning or end

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Re: Search a string from beginning or end by dmmiller2k (Chaplain) on Dec 28, 2001 at 03:22 UTC
This is precisely the same question as asked here Extract string from rear of string. Why not follow along there. dmm	[reply]
Re: Search a string from beginning or end by chipmunk (Parson) on Dec 28, 2001 at 07:08 UTC
Instead of basename, you could use fileparse, which is also part of the File::Basename module. For example: `($base,$path,$suffix) = fileparse($file, '\.[^.]*');`	[reply] [d/l]