## read the .bib database and extract the cited out open my $fh2, '<', $bib_filename;
foreach $item (@citeditems){ match($item); } sub match{ my $reg = @_; LINE: while(my $line = <$fh2>){ if ($line =~ m/$reg\,/ .. $line =~ /^\}$/){ print $line; #last; } } } **** OUTPUT ******* $ ./bibextract.pl sample.tex @Article{ dehydron1, title = "", author = "G. E. and A. Wedemann", journal = PEPT, pages = "128-127", volume = "2", number = "9", month = "Jul", year = "2001" } It supposed to be **************************** @Article{ dehydron, author = "L. F. Benoit and A. B. C", title = "", year = "2011", journal = JPCHEMB, volume = "15", number = "2", pages = "247-156", doi = "10.1/jp65985" } @Article{ dehydron1, title = "", author = "G. E. and A. Wedemann", journal = PEPT, pages = "128-127", volume = "2", number = "9", month = "Jul", year = "2001" } @Article{ inhibitorAromaticDirect, title = "", author = "J. Hardy and D. J. Selkoe", journal = SCIEN, pages = "35-56", volume = "29", number = "580", month = "Jul", year = "2030" } ****************************** not only the middle one, do you think I should re-open the file every time in match, Thanks again with best regards, -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/