Well, if you've already got a variable with the program name that you're using, why not something like this:
$Start .= " Parm1 Parm2"; (assuming that you are not using the variable $Start for anything else) Otherwise you can do: $newvar = $Start." Parm1 Parm2"; -----Original Message----- From: Busse, Rich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 10:59 AM To: Perl Beginners Subject: Parsing a line I'm currently processing lines from an input file this way: $_ = "P=IcwRcsm D=D: SL=20 ST=d:\icw\rcsm\StartSv.bat U=http://uslv..."; @Token = split ; foreach (@Token) { $Proc = $' if (/P=/i) ; $Start = $' if (/ST=/i) ; $Url = $' if (/U=/i) ; $Sleep = $' if (/SL=/i) ; $Drive = $' if (/D=/i) ; } Probably not very Perl-ish, but I'm ending up with $Start="d:\icw\rcsm\StartSv.bat" as needed. Now I'd like to pass parameters to the program in $Start. Something like: P=IcwRcsm D=D: SL=20 ST=d:\icw\rcsm\StartSv.bat Parm1 Parm2 U=http://uslv... or even with delimiters if it helps: P=IcwRcsm D=D: SL=20 ST="d:\icw\rcsm\StartSv.bat Parm1 Parm2" U=http://uslv... P=IcwRcsm D=D: SL=20 ST='d:\icw\rcsm\StartSv.bat Parm1 Parm2' U=http://uslv... so I end up with $Start="d:\icw\rcsm\StartSv.bat Parm1 Parm2". Any suggestions appreciated. TIA... -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
