Probably painfully obvious... Where is this preceding space coming from:
cat test_space.pl ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ #!/usr/local/bin/perl -w open(FILE,">file"); @array = ( "line 1\n", "line 2\n", "line 3\n", "\n", ); print FILE "@array"; system("cat file"); ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (Run test_space.pl) reader $ ./test_space.pl line 1 line 2 line 3 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]