Simple Pattern Matching 2

[kennygadams]

I'm trying to get file extensions by pattern matching but I run into problems if the filename contains more then one period. some of the filenames that I work with contain 5+ periods which throws the script off so I need look for the last period and then copy the characters after that. any help is greatly appreciated.

And here is what I have so far:

$filename = 'A10.300.jpg'; 

$filename =~ m/\.(.*)$/;

# currently $1 = 300.jpg

 

[KevinADC]

$filename = 'A10.300.jpg';

$filename =~ m/\.(\w+)$/;

# currently $1 = 300.jpg

or use the File::Basename module

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- Kevin, perl coder unexceptional!

 

[kennygadams]

Thanks Kevin! That does the trick

Kenny Adams

http://www.AcclaimImages.com/

 

[MillerH]

Slightly more complete regular expression

my $filename = 'A10.300.jpg';
$filename =~ m/\.([^\.]*)$/;

 

[kennygadams]

Thanks Miller!

kennygadams

http://www.AcclaimImages.com/