Re: Check whether a string exists

2006-07-12 Thread Prabu Ayyappan
Hello , Hope this helps you. open(FILE2,"+; @found = grep(/server_lib\.files/,@text); $arsize=$#found+1; if($arsize>0) { print "seen server_lib.files"; } else { print "not seen server_lib.files"; my $header = "[server_lib.files]"; print FILE2 "\n"; print FILE2 $header; print FILE2 "\n"; } On 7

Re: Check whether a string exists

2006-07-12 Thread Nishi Bhonsle
Hi: I tried the following -- open(FILE2,">>c:/writeto.txt"); my @text = ; foreach my $a(@text) { print(@text); if ($a !~ /server_lib\.files/) { print "not seen server_lib.files"; my $header = "[server_lib.files]"; print FILE2 "\n"; print FILE2 $header; print FILE2 "\n"; } else {

Re: Check whether a string exists

2006-07-12 Thread Chasecreek Systemhouse
On 7/12/06, Nishi Bhonsle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi: I would like to check whether the string [server_bin.files] exists in a particular file and if it does, then do not add it again. How can I check for this string using perl regex? Perl Faq 4 print "seen server_bin.files" if /server_bin\