If I read 2 files into separate arrays, I *should* be able to compare the arrays, and therefore see if the files are the same or not. SO why doesn't this work?
#--- begin code #!/usr/local/bin/perl -w $f1 = "eghpoli1"; $f2 = "eghpoli2"; open(F1, "$f1") or die "cannot open $f1: $!\n"; open(F2, "$f2") or die "cannot open $f2: $!\n"; @Af1 = <F1>; @Af2 = <F2>; close(F1); close(F2); if (@Af1 eq @Af2) { print "Files compare okay\n"; } else { print "Files differ\n"; } # #--- end code The files are truly different, with the last record of the file F2 shorter than the last record of file F1. So why doesn't that work?! Thanks, Jeff __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]