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From: "Jonadab the Unsightly One" <jonadab AT bright DOT net>
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Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2001 21:54:55 -0400
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Subject: Re: How to extract suffix from a filename?
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> Okay, it's a silly question - how can I extract the suffix from 
> a file name (I know I can use "basename" and "dirname" to get 
> the file and directory components)?

$filename =~ /[.]([^.])$/; $ext = $1;


-- jonadab

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