Taylor Lewick wrote: > > John thank you for the example, one question about the example code... > > It isn't printing anything to my out file, although it does create it. > > On the print $out line, I don't need print $out "$_\n"; do I?
I didn't remove the "\n" character from the input line so it doesn't have to be added to the output line and print() prints the contents of $_ if nothing other than the filehandle is passed to it. > Or, the expression /STUFF:STUFF/ What if my line looks like this.. > 1 17 7 PM ET:Name:Name:STUFF:STUFF:STUFF Would the example you provided > still match this line? I suspect this is the issue but am not sure. What EXACTLY is STUFF? It could contain regex meta-characters which will cause it to fail. Maybe you should use index() instead (as Wiggins suggested.) > Would I need something like /.*STUFF:STUFF/ ? No. John -- use Perl; program fulfillment -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
