Re: skipping lines in a file until regexp matches

You could also try the bistable operator (".." in scalar context):

  while (<LOG>)
  {
    next unless /START/..0;
    print;
  }
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will print all lines from the first that matches /START/. Use "/START/../END/" if you want to stop processing at the end of each section.

--Dave

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Re: Re: skipping lines in a file until regexp matches by blueflashlight (Pilgrim) on Dec 18, 2002 at 04:41 UTC
Awesome! Thanks to everyone who responded; I went with dpuu's solution, as it seemed the easiest to "grok", and it worked perfectly! --blueflashlight	[reply]