How about:

Ok, I want to match a string that can possibly go over multiple lines.

$string =~ m/.*/s This will match everything. You will have to be a little more precise.

Also, I want to print all lines between 23 and 56 (say...) 

open FILE, "<$file" or "Oops Perl says $!\n";
@file = <FILE>;
close FILE;
print @file[22..55];

# or without glbbing in the whole file $. has line number we are at
open FILE, "<$file" or "Oops Perl says $!\n";
while(<FILE>) {
    next if $. < 23;
    last if $. > 56;
    print;
}
close FILE;

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Also, how about printing everything between and tags? Over multiple lines..

I suggest this as the best solution HTML::TokeParser Tutorial by crazyinsomniac

Update

Fixed array slice typo s/$/@/ Thanks abstracts

cheers

tachyon

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In reply to Re: A few things, mac addresses, file lines.. by tachyon
in thread A few things, mac addresses, file lines.. by Mac

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