Awesome! Thanks Bob! >>> Bob Showalter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [SNIP] Variables are expanded in backticks, so you need to protect the $ on $1, or use qx'' around your command (but then you have to protect the single quotes
But there's no need for the awk or grep, since perl has functions to handle that kind of thing. Try something like: @PSARRAY = map +(split)[0], grep /bf1/, `command`; -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]