Mike Singleton wrote at Mon, 09 Sep 2002 19:19:22 +0200: > I think that I have bit off more than I can chew here....
I hope, it's O.K., if I'll give some other hints: > ... > my $HELP=" > <description>: > > This script must be run on the Backup Express master server. > .... > "; You could also use a HERE document: my $HELP = <<END_OF_HELP; <description>: This script must be run on the Backup Express master server. ... END_OF_HELP That avoids the escaping of " and it's often easier to detect where the string finishes. Especially if there's no syntax highlighting. > ... > my %statcode = > ( "$JOBEND" => '0', > "$CONDEND" => '0', > "$JOBFAIL" => '-1', > "$JOBCANC" => '-2', > ); perldoc -q 'What's wrong with always quoting "$vars"?' BTW: You use a lot of constants. Perhaps you should have a look to the constant pragma. > > open (OUTF,">$OUT_TEMP") || die "Cannot open output file $!"; > my @files = glob('3*.log'); > $grepexpr = "egrep > \"$JOBSTART\|$CONDSTART\|$JOBEND\|$CONDEND\|$JOBCANC\|$VOLUSED\" > @files>$OUT_TEMP"; > system "$grepexpr"; You could also let Perl do the grep job: local @ARGV = @files; while (<>) { print OUTF if /$JOBSTART/ || /$CONDSTART/ || /$JOBEND/ || /$CONDEND/ || /$JOBCANC/ || /$VOLUSED/; } > ... > $starttime{$current} = $line[2] . " "; > $starttime{$current} .= $line[3] . " "; > $starttime{$current} .= $line[4] . " "; > $starttime{$current} .= $line[5] . " "; > $starttime{$current} .= $line[6]; or shorter (and quicker) $starttime{$current} = join " ", @line[2..6]; Greetings, Janek -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]