Here is my code #open a file with the filehandle open EMAILAGENT, "+<..\\..\\emailagent.txt" or die "Cannot open email agent $!\n"; for(my $i=0; $i<22; $i++){<EMAIL>}; #This will put you at row 23.---- $_=<EMAIL>; my $line=$_; print STDERR "\nline: ", substr($line, 44, 7); #should print a vlue to the screen? This is line 23 in my test document. CHK_SBL_DEV MailAgent 7203 87 Running The area where "Running" is positions 44-51 My print stanment is not outputing anything. Can anyone see the problem?
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