Hello Monks, I am new to Perl and have a question regarding the grep function and the if control structure. I have the following if/grep structure. 


if (grep {/$backup_job/} <NB_FILE>) {
    print "backup job found for $backup_job\n";
} else {
    print "$backup_job does not have a backup job !!\n";
}

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The test results are correct: 


./test.pl test.txt
:1:
puccini
backup job found for puccini
:2:
fakeserver
fakeserver does not have a backup job !!
:3:
cgndsdr4
backup job found for cgndsdr4

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I am trying to display the actual data instead of the print statements when backup jobs are found and the print statement if a backup job was not found. Like the following: 


./test.pl test.txt
:1:
puccini
NB_ISA_SNOH_puccini_DB_diff
NB_ISA_SNOH_puccini_DB_full
:2:
fakeserver
fakeserver does not have a backup job !!
:3:
cgndsdr4
NB_toi_tko_cgndsdr4_fl

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Thank you again in advance!

In reply to IF and GREP Question by Anonymous Monk

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