Tom Allison wrote:
>     if ($text =~ /(.*?($crlf))\2(.*)/sm) {
> 
> Do I read this right?
> 
> the '\2' is a repeat character of the second match
> where match \1 is (.*?$crlf) and
> match \2 is $crlf ?

Yes, but you don't really need the capturing parentheses there:

    if ( $text =~ /(.*?$crlf)$crlf(.*)/s ) {




John
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