Hello, I have a file.txt that has a list of path/filenames like:

a/b/c/filename1.someext

b/c/filename2.sh

d/e/f/g/filename3.exe

I need to read that file and split each line it into a path and a filename. This is my code so far: 
#$ps is my path separator - could be \ or /
open theInputFile, $inputFile or die "Could not read from $inputFile, 
+program halting. \n";
    while (<theInputFile>)
    {
        chomp;
        my $fileBeingChecked = "$_";
        my $fileName = (split /\${ps}/,$fileBeingChecked)[-1];
                my $path = NOT SURE WHAT TO DO HERE

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In reply to split a path/filename by akrrs7

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