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You can also try something like if(~/\s+error\s+|^error\s+|\s+error$/si) this means one or more blank spaces sometimes the error word may be in beginning(^error\s+) or in the end of line(\s+error$). ~ Saran On May 18, 12:06 pm, irfan_sayed2...@yahoo.com (Irfan Sayed) wrote: > hi, > > i need to catch "error" word in log file > > i used reg exp like this : > > if ($_ =~ /\berror\b/) > is this correct ? > > --irfu -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
