Irfan J Sayed wrote: > Hi , Hello,
> I am using following code > > #!/usr/local/bin/perl > > # Main program > > use warnings; > use strict; > > my $file = "c:\backup.pl"; The escape sequence "\b" represents the backspace character. You probably want: my $file = 'c:/backup.pl'; > open(FH,$file) || die " can't open a file"; You should include the $file variable and the $! variable in the error message: open(FH,$file) || die " can't open '$file' $!"; > my $pattern = '\w\s\w'; > my $input = <>; You probably want to get your input from the FH filehandle: my $input = <FH>; > print "yes got the match " if $input =~ /$pattern/; > > but i am getting following error > > Name "main::FH" used only once: possible typo at C:\irfan\search.pl line > 9. You are only using the FH filehandle once, in the open function. > can't open a file at C:\irfan\search.pl line 9. You probably don't have a file name with a backspace character in it. 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>
