> while(<logfile>)
> {
> #if(#####line I'm currently on is m/$searchstring/i)
> {
> print;
> }
>
> Now the problem is, how do I specify "The line I'm currently working
on"?
That's easy -- you don't.
When you said:
print;
you didn't specify what to print. So print printed $_,
the default variable. Lots of functions either set or
get the default variable if you don't tell them to do
otherwise.
In the same vein:
while (<>) {
(with or without a handle name in the <>s)
sets $_.
And:
if (/foo/) {
compares foo to $_.
Easy, huh?
Btw, the current line no is in $.
hth.
