> > # Put Perl in "paragraph mode" > $/ = ''; > > # For each record ... I love this list! Paragraph mode REALLY cleans things up. Although it worked, this makes my first attempt look really amateurish. Be sure to put the definition of $/ inside a code block { } if you are using it inside a program or it will cause difficulties in other areas since it is defined in main and therefore used everywhere. #! /usr/bin/perl -w use strict; # use this like ./p2 < in.txt > out.txt # or cat file | ./p2 > out.txt { local $/ = ''; # turn on paragraph mode while (<>) { if (/localhost/) { $_ =~ s/\/\*//; $_ =~ s/\*\///; } print "$_\n"; } } __________________________________________________ Correo Yahoo! Espacio para todos tus mensajes, antivirus y antispam ¡gratis! Regístrate ya - http://correo.yahoo.com.mx/