I have used join in order to make one big line of a document for searches such as the
one you suggest. Also, in another script I did this:
<snip>
open(FILE,"$_");
my $txt = "";
$searchfile = $_;
while (<FILE>) {$txt .= $_;}
close(FILE);
## Search $txt for $string; if it is found, write the name of the file
## to the result file for instances found; if it is not found, write the
## name of the file to the result file for instances not found.
if ($txt =~ /($string)/ims) {
<do whatever here>
}
<end snip>
Where I have ($string) you would put your search string/regexp.
I am also new to all this, so there is probably a better way, but...
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Namaste,
Kristin
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