Hi all /////////////////////////////////////////// if($TYPE eq "HP-UX") { `/usr/sbin/swlist | grep "OV NNM" |cut -f1> RF1 `;} else { `find /system/ -name deins_patch |cut -f3 -d / > RF1`; }
######################### how to check if the newly made file RF1 is empty or not ? ######################### open(RFh1,"RF1") or die "Not able to open RF1 \ n"; my @pachs = <RFh1> ; my($num3) = $pachs[0]=~ /_(\d+)$/; I want $num3 to be 0 if RF1 is empty . //////////////////// thanks & rgds Pradeep -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]