i found it. page 104 of Learning Perl, 2nd. sheesh... this is what happens when i'm only 1/2 cup of coffee into the morning. thanks all! -- On Friday, June 29, 2001 09:10, Humberto Varela <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >sorry to ask such a simple question, but i can't find reference >to this syntax in a couple of my Perl reference books (i think >it's time i bought the Camel book) > >---------- > > >ALL_SESSIONS: foreach $session_dir (@ARGV) { > @studies = `ls -1 "$session_dir" `; > @session_path = split /\//, $session_dir ; > $session = $session_path[$#session_path] ; > print "\n Checking $session:" ; > > ALL_STUDIES: foreach $study (@studies) { > chomp $study; > $numfound = 0; > @hits = (); # new list > >---------- > >the items in CAPS: are some kind of structure, right? > >i just haven't seen the CAPS: notation yet. > >thanks.