Hi, all :
The followings are the two perl scripts: t...@camlit ~: cat test1.pl 1. #!/usr/bin/perl 2. 3. while (<DATA>){ 4. print $line if /6/; 5. $line = $_; 6. } 7. 8. __DATA__ 9. 1 10. 2 11. 3 12. 4 13. 5 14. 6 15. 7 16. 8 * * t...@camlit ~: cat test2.pl 1. #!/usr/bin/perl 2. 3. while (<DATA>){ 4. print $_ if /6/; 5. } 6. 7. __DATA__ 8. 1 9. 2 10. 3 11. 4 12. 5 13. 6 14. 7 15. 8 So my problem is what the different about the two scripts .. Because I am the perl beginner . If the question is very simple, please forgive me . Thanks in advance ...