thanks Haukex.. this a part of long code so opendir is needed . for next statement i will comment it as u are right it seems unnecessary. the code is working fine but i i am not getting last quartus version value rather i am getting a infinite loop of into the second loop along with $readlineql value. following is the snippet from input file bifrost.qsf

set_global_assignment -name FAMILY "Cyclone III"
set_global_assignment -name DEVICE EP3C40F484C7
set_global_assignment -name TOP_LEVEL_ENTITY Emap8S
set_global_assignment -name ORIGINAL_QUARTUS_VERSION 9.1
set_global_assignment -name PROJECT_CREATION_TIME_DATE "13:05:54 JUNE 27, 2011"
set_global_assignment -name LAST_QUARTUS_VERSION 11.1
set_global_assignment -name USE_GENERATED_PHYSICAL_CONSTRAINTS OFF -section_id

In reply to Re^2: searching two pattern sequentially from one file by mrityunjaynath
in thread searching two pattern sequentially from one file by mrityunjaynath

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