> Is there some limit in how long the contents of the variable $_ can > be?
Not that I'm aware of, no. > I encounter this problem on Solaris machines running Perl 5.005. > On Windows with Perl 5.6.1. no such problem was encountered. > > What could cause the problem? I suppose it might be a a configuration problem of some sort, but I doubt that. Could you show us the exact code you're using to load the lines from your file into $_ ? -dave -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]