print "Enter file name and path of .ins to parse:\n";
my $filename1 = <STDIN>;
die "File $filename1 does not exist\n" unless (-e $filename1);

print "Enter file name and path of .rcs to search:\n";<br>
my $filename2 = <STDIN>;
die "File $filename2 does not exist\n" unless (-e $filename2);

open (FILE, "<$filename1) or die "Can't open file $filename1 :$!\n";
my @file = <FILE>;
close FILE;

foreach my $line (@file) {
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if ($line =~ /EditorName/) {
my @name = split(/\s+/, $line); 
my $first = $name[1]; 
my $last = $name[2];
}

foreach my $line2 (@file) { 
if ($line2 =~ /EditorCommand/) {
  my @commands = split(/s+/, $line2);
  shift @commands; # To remove the EditorCommand - Requires line that 
+looks like "EditorCommand print paste copy"
}

open (OUTPUT, ">>test.txt");

foreach my $com (@dcommands) {
  my $pattern = $word1 . ":" . $com;
  my $test = in_file($pattern, $filename2);
  if ($test) {
     print OUTPUT "Found $pattern in $filename2 \n";
  } else {
     print "$pattern not in $filename2 \n";
  }
}

exit;

#### SUBS ####

sub in_file {
  my $pattern = shift;
  my $filename2 = shift;

  open INFILE, $filename2 or die "Can't open $filename2: $!\n";
  my $found = 0;
  while (<INFILE>) {
     if (/$pattern/) {
        $found = 1;
         last;
     }
close FILE;
return $found;
}
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One **tiny** correction: you've got an HTML break tag ('<br>') at the end of the 4th line:

   print "Enter file name and path of .rcs to search:\n";<br>

That <br> tag doesn't belong in the code. Sorry if I'm nitpicking too much, but if Kentdn is looking for perl problems the last thing he needs is an extra bit of formatting thrown in :)

Good luck Kentdn!

You'd indeed be correct about "@word2=$1" overwritting the first position of @word2. To whit, at assigns @word2 to the list consisting of the single element $1. As Ineffectual noted, the best way to do what you want here is generaly with a push, push @word2, $1; in this case. (BTW, following that push link will get you the same thing (more or less, depending on what version of perl you've got installed) as "perldoc -f push" from a command prompt. (If you're running ActiveState perl for win32, there's also a perlfunc.html sitting around that has the same thing in html form.)

If you don't have it yet, BTW, I highly recommend "Programming Perl", AKA The Camel Book. Your library /should/ have it.