> I need to be able to use >the variable $searchstring at the command line. Is this even possible?
Surely you can. Don't forget to put a \Q before the $searchstring. (from perldoc perlre: \E end case modification (think vi) \Q quote (disable) pattern metacharacters till \E ) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/