One way (probably not the most elegant) set a flag variable to 0 my $flagv=0 foreach to read file { $flag=1 if (/^NC00/); if ($flag) { store line increment counter if counter >5 $flag=0 } -- Chris D. Garringer LAN/WAN Supervisor Toshiba International 713-466-0277 x3756 fax 713-896-5266 Red Hat Certified Engineer Novell MCNE Microsoft Certified System Engineer Certified Solaris Administrator
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