Re: Issue with unless statement with two conditions acting on two lines

One problem is that $previous_line is always the 1st line of the file. You need to update it in the loop.

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Re^2: Issue with unless statement with two conditions acting on two lines by rjc33 (Sexton) on Jan 08, 2016 at 15:55 UTC
Wow, that's embarrassing! Thanks a lot, works just fine now - been a long day staring at a screen, can't believe I left that off and didn't realise. Cheers!	[reply]
Re^3: Issue with unless statement with two conditions acting on two lines by poj (Abbot) on Jan 08, 2016 at 16:07 UTC
print all lines to an output file But not the first one ? poj	[reply]
Re^4: Issue with unless statement with two conditions acting on two lines by rjc33 (Sexton) on Jan 08, 2016 at 16:23 UTC
Thanks that's very important to highlight, re-adding the first line is the next thing I do in my code. I realise it's a very roundabout way of doing things, but at this stage in my learning I'm just trying to use whatever works which I'm comfortable with.	[reply]