my @Files = ( ..... ); # List of file names here. my @record = ( ); my $pattern = "whatever";
foreach $file(@Files) { open FH, $file; while (<FH>) { push @record, $file if ($_ =~ /$pattern/ig) } close (FH) } ###### @record will probrably grabbed all the file names while contained "whatever" . Code not tested, just for reference =) Rgds, Connie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vishal Kapoor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 10:41 PM Subject: Reading from a bunch of files. > Hi, > I want to read a few files and search for a particular word. I want to then > print a list of all the files with that word. > Any ideas ?? > Thanx.. > > Vishal Kapoor > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]