open (TEST,">c:/temp/argtest6.txt") or die "Failed to open argtest.txt file"; $count = 0; foreach $element (@ARGV) { print TEST $count,$element; $count += 1; } $user = lc("$ARGV[7]"); chomp ($user); if ($user =~ "/^\........\d\$/\n") { print TEST ".. You have a match for $user /\n"; } else { print TEST "... NO match for $user /\n"; } print TEST $user; close(TEST)