# Untested use strict; use warnings; open my $fh, '<', my_file; while(<$fh>){ if ($_ !~ /my_string/) { # Do something } }
The other way would be on shell - # Untested grep my_string my_file if [ $? -eq 1 ] then echo "Do something" fi ~Parag On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 9:55 AM, Matt <lm7...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am looking for a simple way to test if a file does not contain a > string. This is on a linux box. > > if myfile does not contain mystring { > #do_something; > } > > The file is basically a list of names and I want to test that a > certain name is not in there. Is there an easy way to do that? > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org > For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org > http://learn.perl.org/ > > >