#!/usr/local/bin/perl use strict; my ($file) = @ARGV; open( FH, "<", $file ) or die "$!"; while( my $line = ) { chomp( $line ); if( $line =~ /^#/ ) { redo; } else { print "Doesn't begin with #\n"; } } #### main::(jt:12): redo; DB<2> Watchpoint 0: $line changed: old value: '#' new value: '' main::(jt:9): chomp( $line );