Sorry to clarify, they absolutely can appear on the same line or may appear on a newline. The only conditions set forth is only the LAST found "string1" needs to be detected. Then from that point foward, find "string2", ignoring everything prior to "string1". If "string2" is not found ON ANY LINE (same or new), yell something.

Let me test through a few scenarios and see if I can clarify further.

After testing your solution here this does indeed seem to be on the right track. It grabbed the last string1 found and then alerted when it found string2. Oddly enough string2 was found on two different lines, but it detected it on the 2nd line, not the first found.

Testing to see if it can be tailored to also detect if on same line

UPDATE - Looks like we can add this condition if it appears on the same line by adding this condition in the failure part: 

    if ($first_pos == $second_pos) 
    {
    print "Success! (STRING: $first_pos matches same line as MAGIC : $
+second_pos)";
    }

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So this SHOULD work. Thanks again for the assistance

In reply to Re^2: Detect Two Strings in File by omegaweaponZ
in thread Detect Two Strings in File by omegaweaponZ

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