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Subject: Re: Crafting Perl RE...
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 12:43:13 +0300
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try
/(.*?)\.(\w+)$/

and use $2

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Indra" <john@office.naver.co.id>
To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Sent: Friday, February 09, 2001 12:08 PM
Subject: Crafting Perl RE...


> Hi...
>
> Simple question but I don't know the answer. Suppose I have this
string:
> somefile.ins.jpg. I want to craft a Perl RE so it captures the jpg
part. I
> try this RE:
>
> $string =~ m#\.(.*)$#
>
> Unfortunately $1 captures ins.jpg, not jpg as I want.
>
> What RE to get it right?
>
> Thanks...
>
> /john
>
>
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