> Hello, > > I call my script with the following line > $ ./count.pl /var/log/file text > this works fine but sometimes the "text" is "foo(bar)" and then my scripts > gives an error. > syntax error near unexpected token `foo(b' >
I believe the syntax error is from your shell and you can get around this by quoting your string to search on... $ ./count.pl /var/log/file 'foo(bar)' Should do it. <snip> http://danconia.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
