#!/usr/bin/perl # # testing last # use strict; use warnings; my $i=0; my $file="test.file"; foreach my $count (1 .. 10) { open (INF,"$file") or die "Unable to open '$file': $!"; $i++ && m/2/ && last while (); close INF; $i=0; print "here:$count\n" } print "END($i)\n"; exit;