Hemond, Steve wrote: > Okay, here`s the real problem, > > # ps -efA |grep dispatch > cspenard 33958 45716 0 09:08:05 pts/8 0:00 > /prog/gena/8.1.1/bin/dispatch genie -u /prog/gena/impress/gui/im > msirois 37212 9842 0 08:41:17 pts/1 0:04 > /prog/gena/8.1.1/bin/dispatch genie -u /prog/gena/impress/gui/im > > My script passes each process and when it finds "dispatch genie" it > holds its data in a hash table. > > As you can see, dispatch genie is found in these two columns. > > if ($cmd =~ /dispatch genie/) { > > That returns absolutely nothing. > > Why? >
Again, that regexp works just fine. (If you're setting $cmd properly...) Something else must be wrong that you're not sending in your email requests. Send the actual code. #!/usr/bin/perl -w use warnings; use strict; while (<DATA>) { chomp; (/dispatch genie/) ? print "Hit\n" : print "Miss\n"; } __DATA__ cspenard 33958 45716 0 09:08:05 pts/8 0:00 /prog/gena/8.1.1/bin/dispatch genie -u /prog/gena/impress/gui/im msirois 37212 9842 0 08:41:17 pts/1 0:04 /prog/gena/8.1.1/bin/dispatch genie -u /prog/gena/impress/gui/im -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>