Re: problem with regex in a while loop.

2007-08-24 Thread Tom Phoenix
On 8/24/07, Pat Rice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > open (DATA, "$data_file") or die "can't open $data_file $!"; > my @array_of_data = ; That reads the entire file into the array. > while ($line = ) That goes back to try to read more, but you're already at end-of-file. So it won't find anything.

problem with regex in a while loop.

2007-08-24 Thread Pat Rice
Hi all, I'm trying to get the follwoing to work: what I am aiming to do is the following: 1. Read a file 2. Regex the df file and look for the line which contains "Used". Problem: - part 1 reads the file, confirmed, because I output this to the screen - Part 2 Is where the problem is, as I connot