in reply to Re^3: Sifting through firewall rules using a script
in thread Sifting through firewall rules using a script

I have tried to get your last edit to work and now it doesn't match anything

grumpy@DC5CG1243JCB:/mnt/c/Linux/Scripts$ perl -w -T rulechecker6.pl grumpy@DC5CG1243JCB:/mnt/c/Linux/Scripts$

Nuthin... I wonder what is going on