David wrote: > > to trim spaces, try: > > $line ="\t\t abcd\t \t\n"; > $line =~ /^\s+//;
$line =~ s/^\s+//; > $line =~ /\s+$//; #-- also remove \n $line =~ s/\s+$//; John -- use Perl; program fulfillment -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]