Hello all! I have a script which needs the extension of a file. The problem I am having is how do I get the chars at the end of a filename after the LAST period? For example: brock at brockwork backups $ ls -1 another.tar.gz mydocs-backup-2005-05-17.tgz brock at brockwork backups $ ls | awk -F. '{ print $2}' tar tgz brock at brockwork backups $ Any ideas?