*/, the expression would have the incorrect value dave/pete/fred/bob, because the shortest instance of... , and join. Given a filename like /home/myplace/a.data.directory/a.filename.txt which we'll call $f yo... ... to see output like:
/home/myplace/a.data.directory
a.filename.txt
a.file... I might just make a directory (usually using the date and my login ID as a template) and use a simple
