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From: John Indra <john@office.naver.co.id>
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Subject: Crafting Perl RE...
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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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