From: 7stud -- Date: 2009-08-06T19:32:30+09:00 Subject: Re: Trimming some string using ruby line = "-rw-rw-r-- 1 user user 12203 Aug 6 01:02 app1.sql" pos = line.rindex(" ") pos += 1 puts line[pos..-1] --output:-- app1.sql regex = / ([^ ]+)$/ md = regex.match(line) puts md[1] --output:-- app1.sql -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.