need help understanding perl code (short. 1 line of code)?

shaka_zulu825

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I'm new to perl, could someone explain to me exactly how this works

my($directory, $filename) = $text =~ m/(.*\/)(.*)$/;
print "D=$directory, F=$filename\n";

The first line is the confusing line, how does the grep line work and then pass it along to $text and my($directory, $filename).
 
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