my $config = 'e:\Inetpub\wwwroot\msdata\config.txt'; open (CON, $config); my @list = ; close CON; my $list = join( '', @list ); @list = split(/=/, $list); my $testnum = $list[1]; open (CONOUT, ">".$config); print CONOUT '[filenumber]=1'; close CONOUT;