Radu Greab skribis 2008-04-14 22:19 (+0300): > $data =~ s/\r\n\.\r\n(.*)\z/\r\n/ms
If you don't want to use the regex engine (and indeed, especially regexes with .* are often inefficient), you could use good old index and substr to achieve the same: # untested code my $data_end = index($data, "\r\n.\r\n"); if ($data_end >= 0) { substr($data, $data_end + 2, length($data) - ($data_end + 2), ""); ... } I'm not familiar with the rest of the code and I have not attempted to understand its workings. This suggestion may not work in the given context. Use with caution, etc, bla bla. Also, I have not benchmarked this. -- Met vriendelijke groet, Kind regards, Korajn salutojn, Juerd Waalboer: Perl hacker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://juerd.nl/sig> Convolution: ICT solutions and consultancy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>