use strict;
my $str = '/foo/bar/{epoch:06d}-{valid/total_loss:.3f}';
my $regex = qr/\/(?![^{]*\})/p;
my $subst = '\\n';
my $result = $str =~ s/$regex/$subst/rg;
print "The result of the substitution is' $result\n";
Please keep in mind that these code samples are automatically generated and are not guaranteed to work. If you find any syntax errors, feel free to submit a bug report. For a full regex reference for Perl, please visit: http://perldoc.perl.org/perlre.html