Hi, I have question, in my script i have lines as below:
open(PASSFILE, "+>>passfile") || die "Cannot open file: $!\n"; print PASSFILE "$usname[$i] : $pasname[$i]\n"; close(PASSFILE); and they work fine, and in the "passfile i have root : root123 But if i want to read the lines from the passfile how do i do it? In another perl script i want to verify whether the user is in the file or not? ../verify root i want to know how to match the command line argument with the pattern present in the file. i know $user = $ARGV[0]; open(FILE, "passfile) || die "Cannot open file: $!\n"; while(<FILE>) { what should come here for me to verify whether the user is present in the passfile of not? i tried split, grep, but could not find the correct way to put that in the script. Thanx for the help! :wq Prabhu ################################################ Never write it in 'C', if you can do it in 'awk'; Never do it in 'awk', if 'sed' can handle it; Never use 'sed' when 'tr' can do the job; Never invoke 'tr' when 'cat' is sufficient; Avoid using 'cat' whenever possible; - Laws of programming. ################################################ _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]