>>>>> "RH" == Raheel Hassan <raheel.has...@gmail.com> writes:
RH> Thanks a lot for your support, it works now i made change in *my $result =~ RH> /[ OK ]/;* and now it works. RH> Because when you run the command *`service mysql start`* it gives output RH> like this [ OK ]. Therefore after making the required changes it works. that is a broken regular expression. it is not matching the string '[ OK ]' but a single letter which can be space, O or K. so it will match NOK as well. you need to escape the [] so they are not forming a character class. uri -- Uri Guttman ------ u...@stemsystems.com -------- http://www.sysarch.com -- ----- Perl Code Review , Architecture, Development, Training, Support ------ --------- Gourmet Hot Cocoa Mix ---- http://bestfriendscocoa.com --------- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/