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You could use a regex:<br />
$path =~ s/(.{3}[^\\]+)/$1/;<br />
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or use the File::Spec module:<br />
use File::Spec;<br />
($volume,$dirs,$file)=File<wbr />::Spec-&gt;sp<wbr />litpath($p<wbr />ath);<br />
$dir1=(File::Spec-&gt;splitdi<wbr />r($dirs))[<wbr />1];<br />
$path=&quot;$volume\\$dir1&quot;;<br />

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You could use a regex:
$path =~ s/(.{3}[^\\]+)/$1/;



or use the File::Spec module:
use File::Spec;
($volume,$dirs,$file)=File::Spec->splitpath($path);
$dir1=(File::Spec->splitdir($dirs))[1];
$path="$volume\\$dir1";


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i have a path to a file: x:\dir1\dir2\test.txt &lt;&nbsp;this path is generated dynamically.<br />
i need a way to get only x:\dir1 from that string. i.e. get the drive and the first directory.
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i have a path to a file: x:\dir1\dir2\test.txt < this path is generated dynamically.
i need a way to get only x:\dir1 from that string. i.e. get the drive and the first directory.

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