I have a file of the format action arg1 \ arg2 \ arg3 \
action2 arg1 \ arg2 \ arg3 \ I read this by :- foreach $line (@lines) { ($action , @argument_list) = split(/\s+/,$line); This would work fine if the file is of the format action arg1 arg2 arg3 not my original file... Please help me! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/