my $time = localtime(); my ($wd,$mon,$mond,$times,$year) = split /\s+/, $time; my $pattern_date = "$mon $mond"; my @array = ("error4", "error3", "error2", "error1"); my $count; my @word_search; my $line; my $w; my $wordcount; open (OUTFILE, "/home/me/textfile.txt") || die ("can not open file for writing"); while ($line = ) { chop $line; @word_search = split(/ /,$line); $w = 1; while ($w <= @word_search) { if ($word_search[$w-1] eq $pattern_date && $word_search[$w-1] eq $array[$count]) { $wordcount++; } $w++; } } #print ("$array[$count] occurs $wordcount\n"); #print "$pattern_date found $wordcount\n"; #} close (OUTFILE); #### "if ($word_search[$w-1] eq $pattern_date && $word_search[$w-1] eq $array[$count]) { "